Scallop production areas 4 and 5 in the Bay of Fundy : stock status update for 1999 / S.J. Smith, M.J. Lundy and R. Claytor. : Fs70-1/1999-170E-PDF

This document reports on the stock status of scallops in two scallop production areas (SPA) on the eastern side of the Bay of Fundy that were evaluated in the fall of 1999. In 1998, the fishing season in scallop production area 4 (SPA 4) ran from 22 September to 22 December with total landings of 103 t against a TAC of 120 t. Preliminary reports from the 1999 fishery which opened on 1 October, are that only 32.5 t have been landed as of 13 November compared to 90.7 t landed by this date last year. Forecasts for the year 2000 from the population model using survey data suggest, that in the absence of fishing, recruitment will not balance fishing mortality losses due to natural mortality and as a consequence there is no surplus production and the population is in decline. Estimates of population biomass are uncertain and it is difficult to determine what proportion of the population is being taken by the fishery. The 1999 SPA 5 (Annapolis Basin) fishery opened on 2 January and closed 13 January when the quota had been caught. Landings in 1998 and 1999 were double those reported in the previous two years. Combined increases in mean number per tow from the 1999 survey and observed meat weights-at-shell suggests an increase in survey biomass of 68 percent from 1998 to 1999. An increase of TAC from 10 t to 17 t could be indicated here.

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