Science Response 2020/007

Update of stock status indicators for northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (3Pn, 4RS) Atlantic cod in 2019

Context

The assessment of the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (3Pn, 4RS) Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stock is conducted every two years, with the most recent assessment completed in February of 2019 (DFO 2019). In the interim years, an update of the main indicators of this resource is conducted to determine if major changes in stock status have occurred. Monitoring indicators for the interim years were identified during the last assessment. The next full assessment will be carried out in winter 2021.

This Science Response results from the January 15, 2020 Science Response Process on the update of the status indicators for Atlantic cod in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2019.

Science Response 2020/007 (PDF, 580 KB)

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