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Update of the stock status indicators of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, stock of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to 2018.: Fs70-7/2019-008E-PDF

"The most recent assessment of the American lobster stock of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) was completed in 2013 with information up to 2011 for landings and 2012 for some indicators (DFO 2013; Rondeau et al. 2015). An update of the indicators was published in 2016 based on data mostly up to 2015 (DFO 2016). An update of the stock status indicators using the most recent and available information was requested by DFO Gulf Region Fisheries and Aquaculture Management (FAM) in support of the December 2018 Lobster Advisory Committee meeting. This Science Response Report results from the Science Response Process of November 21, 2018 on the update of the stock status indicators of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) stock of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, to 2018, held in Moncton, New Brunswick. The sGSL lobster stock indicators are positive, with landings at historically high levels"--Context, page [1].

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Gulf Region.
  • Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat.
TitleUpdate of the stock status indicators of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, stock of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to 2018.
Variant title
  • Science response : update of indicators for lobster in the southern Gulf
Series title
  • Science response, 1919-3769 ; 2019/008
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 jusqu’en 2018 des indicateurs de l’état des stocks de homard américain (Homarus americanus) du sud du Golfe du Saint-Laurent.
  • Caption title.
  • "February 2019."
  • Includes bibliographic references (page 18).
Publishing information
  • Moncton, New Brunswick : Centre for Science Advice (CSA), Gulf Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, February 2019.
  • ©2019
Description1 online resource (18 pages) : map, charts (some colour)
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-7/2019-008E-PDF
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