Proceedings 2021/022
Proceedings of the national peer review of science guidelines to support development of rebuilding plans for Canadian fish stocks; January 14-16, 2020
Chairperson: Joanne Morgan
Editor: Brittany Beauchamp
Summary
These proceedings summarize the relevant discussions and key conclusions that resulted from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) national peer review meeting on science guidelines to support development of rebuilding plans for Canadian fish stocks. This meeting was held January 14-16, 2020 in Montreal, Quebec. This meeting was attended by representatives from DFO Ecosystems and Oceans Science, Fisheries and Harbour Management, and Strategic Policy sectors, Fisheries New Zealand, and academia.
Under Canada’s recently modernized Fisheries Act, the Minister of DFO is required to develop and implement rebuilding plans for major stocks listed in regulation that decline to or below their limit reference point, taking into account the biology of the fish and the environmental conditions affecting the stock. In addition, DFO is developing a regulation that will set out the necessary contents of rebuilding plans required under the Act. Science advice was requested to support development of rebuilding plans to meet the legal requirements of the legislation and the regulation, the policy requirements of the Fishery Decision-Making Framework Incorporating the Precautionary Approach, and the Guidance for the Development of Rebuilding Plans under the Precautionary Approach. The main objectives of the meeting were to review existing guidance and policies, in Canada and internationally, related to science components of rebuilding plans and to produce science advice to support development of guidelines to assist the Science Sector in developing science advice on elements of rebuilding plans. These guidelines will help clarify the role of the Science Sector to support development of rebuilding plans and will help ensure that science advice is delivered more consistently and efficiently.
The conclusions and advice resulting from this meeting are provided in a Science Advisory Report which is available on the CSAS website. Supporting Research Documents reviewed and discussed at the meeting will also be made available on the CSAS website.
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