Proceedings 2017/048
Proceedings of the Regional Peer Review of the Stock Framework for American Eel (Anguilla rostrate) and Elvers
Chairperson: Tana Worcester
Editor: Lottie Bennett
Summary
A regional peer review meeting was held on October 26-27, 2016, at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to conduct a review of the framework for American Eel and elvers. The focus of the meeting was to review the science information basis to conduct an assessment of resource status and for the provision of management advice in a manner consistent with the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) precautionary approach. Participation in this meeting included DFO Science, Resource Management and Fisheries Protection Program, First Nations and aboriginal organizations, fishing industry, non-DFO scientists, Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs), and industry.
The status of the eel and elver fisheries in the Maritimes Region was last assessed in 1996 (Jessop 1996a, b). More recently, indices of general status were compiled in support of a national pre-COSEWIC and Recovery Potential Assessment of the American Eel (Bradford 2013; DFO 2014) and to help measure progress towards reducing human-induced mortality by 50 percent (DFO 2010). The 2012 COSEWIC assessment designated the American Eel as Threatened. They are currently under consideration for listing under the Species at Risk Act (COSEWIC 2012).
This Proceedings document constitutes a record of meeting discussions and conclusions, and any statements within should not be attributed as being consensus-based. A Science Advisory Report will not be a product of the meeting.
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