Recovery potential assessment of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Designatable Unit of winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata Mitchill), January 2016 / Douglas P. Swain and Hugues P. Benoît.: Fs70-5/2016-119E-PDF
“This document describes the 2016 Recovery Potential Assessment (RPA) of the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Designatable Unit) DU of Winter Skate. New information in this RPA includes an additional 10 years of survey data and fishery removals, new survey indices combining September Research Vessel (RV) survey data (1971 to 2014) and Northumberland survey data (2000 to 2014) using density-dependent habitat selection (DDHS) theory, results of ageing studies yielding length-at-age information, an age-structured population model, estimates of skate discard mortality in the sGSL and additional information on predation by grey seals as an important cause of the elevated natural mortality of adult skates"--Intro., p. 1.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Canada. Ecosystems and Oceans Science. Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat. Gulf Fisheries Centre (Canada) |
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| Title | Recovery potential assessment of the Gulf of St. Lawrence Designatable Unit of winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata Mitchill), January 2016 / Douglas P. Swain and Hugues P. Benoît. |
| Series title | Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS), research document, 1919-5044 ; 2016/119, Gulf Region |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. “February 2017.” Title at head of French abstract: Évaluation du potentiel de rétablissement de la raie tachetée (Leucoraja ocellata Mitchill) de l'unité désignable du golfe du Saint-Laurent, janvier 2016. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-37). Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, c2017. |
| Author / Contributor | Swain, D. P. Benoît, H. P. (Hugues Pascal) |
| Description | xviii, 131 p. : charts (some col.), maps (mostly col.) |
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| Subject terms | Endangered species Salt water fish Nature conservation |
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