00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.803196 CaOODSP 20221107135145 cr ||||||||||| 150406s2015 nscabd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn-ns Fs70-6/2015-034E-PDF Assessment of Nova Scotia (4VWX) snow crab [electronic resource]. Nova Scotia snow crab Dartmouth, N.S. : Centre for Science Advice (CSA), Maritimes Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015. 31 p. : charts (some col.), ill., maps (some col.) Science advisory report, 1919-5087 ; 2015/034 Issued also in French under title: Évaluation du crabe des neiges en Nouvelle-Écosse (4VWX). Caption title. "June 2015." Includes bibliographical references (p. 30). "Snow Crab have been a dominant macro-invertebrate in the Scotian Shelf Ecosystem (SSE) since the decline of the groundfish. The fishery has been in existence since the early 1970s in Nova Scotia. In support of the fishery, DFO Maritimes Fisheries and Aquaculture Management requests from DFO Science an annual assessment of resource status. This document is a scientific overview of the assessment. An assessment of the status of 4VWX Snow Crab is based on fishery independent surveys using indicators of abundance, reproductive potential, recruitment, and exploitation rates. Commercial catch rates and other fishery statistics are reported. Harvest advice for the next year is provided"--Context, p. [1]. Snow crab Fisheries resources Assessment Nova Scotia Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Maritimes Region. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. Évaluation du crabe des neiges en Nouvelle-Écosse (4VWX) (CaOODSP)9.803197 Science advisory report (Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat) 1919-5087 ; 2015/034. (CaOODSP)9.506226 PDF 2.20 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mpo-dfo/Fs70-6-2015-034-eng.pdf