Proceedings 2020/029
Proceedings of the regional peer review on the Estimated abundance and sustainable harvest levels for the Jayko and Halokvik (30 Mile) rivers in the Cambridge Bay commercial fishery, 2010–2015; January 24–26, 2017
Chairperson: Kevin Hedges
Editors: Lauren Wiens and Gabrielle Grenier
Summary
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) regional peer-review meeting was held to assess the stock status of two commercially fished anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) rivers in the Cambridge Bay, NU fishery. The meeting was held at the Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg, MB, on January 24–26, 2017. It was held in response to a request from DFO Fisheries and Aquaculture Management (FAM) for science advice on the current stock status in and sustainability of harvest levels for the Jayko and Halokvik rivers.
The regional science peer-review included participants from DFO Science and FAM, the Ekaluktutiak Hunters and Trappers Organization, Kitikmeot Foods, Nunavut Development Corporation, and the University of Calgary. Commercial fishers also participated in the meeting. Participants reviewed two working papers. The first working paper examined current stock status, which summarized the available biological, harvest, and catch-effort information, including both fishery-independent and fishery-dependent sampling. The second working paper assessed the application of a depletion-based stock reduction analysis and a data-limited model for the assessment of fisheries management and stock status of river-based commercial Arctic Char fisheries.
This proceedings report summarizes the relevant discussions from the peer-review meeting and presents revisions to be made to the associated research documents. The Proceedings, Science Advisory Report, and the supporting Research Documents resulting from this advisory meeting are published on the DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Website.
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