The status (1960-1997) of alewife and blueback herring stocks in the Scotia-Fundy area as indicated by catch-effort statistics / B.M. Jessup.: Fs70-1/1999-117E-PDF

Alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (A. aestivalis), jointly and commonly termed gaspereau, river herring, or alewives, support important commercial fisheries in the former Scotia-Fundy Region, hereafter named the Scotia-Fundy area. Biological and catch-effort information is insufficient to evaluate the status of more than a few stocks of alewives and blueback herring. This paper examines the status, from 1960 to 1997, of alewife and blueback herring stocks (hereafter termed alewives unless specifically differentiated) in Scotia-Fundy area based on fisheries landings, licenses issued, and logbook-reported catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE). Catch and CPUE trends are presumed indicative of relative abundance.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canada. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat.
Title The status (1960-1997) of alewife and blueback herring stocks in the Scotia-Fundy area as indicated by catch-effort statistics / B.M. Jessup.
Series title Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat research document, 1480-4883 ; 99/117
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (p. 8).
Publishing information Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 1999.
Author / Contributor Jessop, B. M.
Description 22 p. : fig., graphs, maps, tables.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-1/1999-117E-PDF
Subject terms Fisheries resources
Salt water fish
Fishing area
Fisheries management
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