Scallop Buffer Zones (SFA 21, 22, 24) marine refuges in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada : a scientific review of the environment and ecosystem / by Arieanna Caroline Balbar, Trevor Bringloe,...: Fs97-6/3746E-PDF

"The Scallop Buffer Zones (SBZs) marine refuges, located within Scallop Fishing Areas 21, 22, and 24, were recognized as marine conservation areas in 2017 to protect juvenile American Lobster (Homarus americanus) and its habitat in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. The SBZs are also important habitat for additional biodiversity conservation benefit species of interest such as spawning Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus), while SBZ 22 contains a Lady Crab (Ovalipes ocellatus) population isolated from its southern range, and one of the only remaining summering areas for an endangered population of Winter Skate (Leucoraja ocellata) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This document provides an overview of physical features and ecology of the fish and benthic invertebrate populations found within the SBZs, and provides a summary of previous research conducted within the marine refuges as well as uncovered data gaps"--Abstract, page ix.

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