Assessment of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in salmon fishing area 16 of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to 2013 / S.G. Douglas ... [et al.].: Fs70-5/2015-049E-PDF

Of the 39 Atlantic salmon rivers in Salmon Fishing Area (SFA) 16, the Miramichi River is the largest and accounts for over 90% of the juvenile rearing habitat in SFA 16. Annual returns of adult salmon to the Miramichi River were monitored at estuarial trapnets and their abundance estimated with a mark and recapture experiment. The proportion of the conservation requirement attained was determined after accounting for the number of large (≥63 cm) and small (<63 cm) salmon harvested and lost from aboriginal and recreational fisheries. Reliable catch and harvest information from the recreational and aboriginal fisheries remain a significant constraint to the assessment of Atlantic salmon in SFA 16 and precludes any rigorous evaluation of current or potentially new management scenarios for these stocks.

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Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
Title Assessment of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in salmon fishing area 16 of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to 2013 / S.G. Douglas ... [et al.].
Variant title Évaluation du saumon de l’Atlantique (Salmo salar) de la zone de pêche au saumon 16 du sud du golfe du Saint-Laurent, 2013
Series title Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat research document, 1919-5044 ; 2015/049, Gulf Region
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "December 2015."
Includes bibliographic references (p. 10-12).
Publishing information Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015.
Author / Contributor Douglas, S. G.(Scott G.)
Description v, 36 p. : fig., graphs, maps, tables.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-5/2015-049E-PDF
Subject terms Fisheries resources
Salt water fish
Fishing area
Fisheries management
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