Proceedings 2013/037

Proceedings of the regional peer review of the updated assessment of Bocaccio Rockfish in British Columbia; May 29, 2012

Chairperson: A. Edwards
Rapporteur: A. Edwards

Summary

These Proceedings summarize the relevant discussions and key conclusions that resulted from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Regional Peer Review meeting of May 29, 2012, at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, B.C. One working paper was presented for peer review, focusing on an updated stock assessment of Bocaccio for British Columbia waters.

In-person and web-based participation included Fisheries and Oceans Canada staff from the Science Sector and the Fisheries and Aquatic Management Sector, plus external participants from the commercial and recreational fishing sectors, academia, provincial government and the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).

In 2011, the Governor in Council decided not to add Bocaccio to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk. One of the steps taken to provide protection to the Bocaccio population was to be an updated DFO assessment of Bocaccio scheduled for review in 2011 or 2012, that would not only update previous work with four more years of data, but coincide with a COSEWIC re-assessment scheduled for 2012. The working paper presented at this review meeting is the updated assessment. During the review meeting, an extra sensitivity model run was deemed necessary – if the results were markedly different from the original reference case then the working paper would require substantial revision and be reviewed at a new meeting. However, the sensitivity run was completed before the end of the meeting, and the results were similar to the reference case. Thus an extra review meeting was not required, and the presented working paper was accepted subject to other revisions.

The conclusions and advice resulting from this review will be provided in the form of a Science Advisory Report giving advice to update the previous assessment and coinciding with a re-assessment by COSEWIC, scheduled for 2012.

The Science Advisory Report and supporting Research Document will be made publicly available on the DFO Science Advisory Schedule.

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