Table 4. Diversity and status of marine fishes in the three ocean provinces in Canada.

Province	Species (Families)	Current and potential threats	Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canadaa (COSEWIC) marine fish species/population assessments
			Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Not at risk	Data deficient	Candidate species (April 2009)
Western Canada	371b (99c)	Overexploitation; Bycatch; Potential future ocean warming	4	3	7	6	4	8
Canadian Arctic	189d (48d)	Reduced sea ice leads to thermal habitat loss; Potential future overexploitation; Potential future bycatch	1	2	1	0	2	0
Eastern Canada	527b∼538e (151e)	Overexploitation; Bycatch; Potential future ocean warming	6	6	5	1	1	7
Totalf	891b∼932g (193g)		11	11	13	7	7	15

^a<http://www.cosewic.gc.ca>;

^b [131];

^c [269];

^d [129];

^e [132];

^fTotals within COSEWIC columns include marine fish with populations in more than one ocean;

^g‘Native’ Canadian species and families from [270]).