This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in:canning seafood, including soup; smoking, salting and drying seafood; preparing fresh fish by removing heads, fins, scales, bones and entrails; shucking and packing fresh shellfish; processing marine fats and oils; and freezing seafood. Establishments known as “floating factory ships”, that are engaged in shipboard processing of seafood, are included.
The information on the number, size and location of establishments can be used to assess the existing level of competition within the industry in your province/territory.
The table below shows the breakdown between employer and non-employer or indeterminate establishments for each province and territory as well as at the national level. For this industry, 5 of establishments are non-employers or indeterminate and 11 have one or more employees.
Establishments 618 only |
<99 Employee 75.7% only |
Revenue $1.0 thousand
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Profitability 76.6% are profitable |
Exports $4.7 billion
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Import $3.2 billion |
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