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Update of the stock status indicators for the American lobster (Homarus americanus) stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence .: Fs70-7/2016-051E-PDF

"Based on the updated fishery-dependent and independent indices, lobsters in the sGSL continue to be in high abundance and recruitment signs are positive everywhere except, in sub-region 26AD (eastern end of central Northumberland Strait). Recent landings are either above long-term medians or the highest of the time series. The 2015 preliminary landings are well above the precautionary approach’s USR, therefore positioning the sGSL lobster stocks in the healthy zone. While increased landings reflect a high abundance of commercially exploitable lobsters, fishery-independent recruitment indicators are also showing significant increases since the last assessment. Other production indicators based on fishery-dependent data are also positive with CPUE of berried females and pre-fishery recruits in their highest range. The only exception is sub-region 26AD"--Conclusions, p. 13.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
  • Canada. Ecosystems and Oceans Science.
  • Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
TitleUpdate of the stock status indicators for the American lobster (Homarus americanus) stocks in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence .
Variant title
  • Science response : update of indicators for lobster in the southern Gulf
Series title
  • Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, science response, 1919-3769 ; 2016/051, Gulf Region
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Mise à jour des indicateurs de l’état des stocks de homard américain (Homarus americanus) du sud du golfe du Saint-Laurent.
  • Caption title.
  • "December 2016 (Erratum: March 2017)."
  • "This report is available from the: Centre for Science Advice (CSA), Gulf Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada"--p. 15.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2016.
Description15 p. : col. charts, col. maps
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-7/2016-051E-PDF
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