Maritimes Region fisheries atlas : catch weight landings mapping (2014-2018) on a hexagon grid / by Kasia Rozalska and Scott Coffen-Smout.: Fs97-6/3373E-PDF

"This report shows commercial fisheries catch weight landings maps of directed fisheries and bycatch from the Scotian Shelf, the Bay of Fundy, and Georges Bank from NAFO Divisions 4VWX and the Canadian portions of 5Y and 5Z. Atlantic Canadian inter-regional maps of four species (Atlantic Halibut, Bluefin Tuna, Redfish and Scallop) are also included from NAFO Divisions 4RST, 3KLMNOP, and 2GHJ. Five-year composite maps (2014-2018) that aggregate catches for each map series are publicly available and included in this report. The maps aggregate catch weight (kg) per 10 km2 hexagon grid cell for selected species, species groupings and gear types to identify important fishing areas. These maps may be compared with 2010-2014 landings maps in Butler and Coffen-Smout (2017) and 1999-2003 landings maps in The Scotian Shelf: An Atlas of Human Activities (DFO, 2005). These maps may be used for decision making in coastal and oceans management, including marine spatial planning, environmental emergency response operations and protocols, Marine Stewardship Council certification processes, marine protected area networks, and ecological risk assessment"--Abstract, page vi.

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