Abundance indices and selectivity curves from experimental multi-panel gillnets for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence fall herring fishery / T.J. Surette, C.H. LeBlanc, and A. Mallet. : Fs70-5/2016-067E-PDF

"In partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), fish harvesters participating in the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) fall fishery in NAFO 4T surveyed five spawning grounds in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence using multi-panel experimental gillnets over the course of their regular fishing activities from 2002 to 2013. The results of these surveys are analyzed to identify whether they can be used as indices of local abundance for assessment of fall 4T herring. Catches were analyzed with a selectivity model, which produced mesh-specific selectivity curves, length-based population indices, and age disaggregated indices for the North, Middle, and South regions of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The selectivity model has little ability to estimate how fishing power varies with mesh size, so population indices might be length-biased. Uncertainties also underlie the scale of catches due to methodological and biological differences between years and regions. Nevertheless, cohort tracks in the catch-at-age were fairly consistent between regions and indicate that some dynamics of the underlying population are captured. Consequently, the selectivity and catch-at-age indices were approved for use in future population dynamics models of Altantic herring for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence"--Abstract, p. v.

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Ministère/Organisme Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canada. Ecosystems and Oceans Science.
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
Titre Abundance indices and selectivity curves from experimental multi-panel gillnets for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence fall herring fishery / T.J. Surette, C.H. LeBlanc, and A. Mallet.
Variante du titre Title at head of French abstract: Indices d'abondance et courbes de sélectivité issus de la pêche aux filets maillants expérimentaux à panneaux multiples du hareng d'automne dans le sud du golfe du Saint-Laurent
Titre de la série Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat research document, 1919-5044 ; 2016/067, Gulf Region
Type de publication Série - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Cover title.
“Science Branch, Gulf Region.”
“October 2016.”
Includes bibliographical references (p. 9).
Includes abstract in French.
Information sur la publication Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, c2016.
Auteur / Contributeur Surette, T. J.
LeBlanc, Caroline,1961-
Mallet, André.
Description vi, 23 p. : col. map
Numéro de catalogue
  • Fs70-5/2016-067E-PDF
Descripteurs Fisheries resources
Salt water fish
Fishing area
Fisheries management
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