Science Response 2020/024
Stock Status Update of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Area 41 (4X +5Zc)
Context
The status of Lobster in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 41 was last assessed in the fall of 2017 (DFO 2018; Cook et al. 2017) with annual updates in the following years. This update applies the suite of indicators from the 2017 assessment to the stock status up to the end of the 2019 season (wherever possible). Indicators for Lobster in LFA 41 are consistent with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) precautionary approach and allow for the evaluation and monitoring of the offshore Lobster. This Science Response Report results from the Science Response Process of October 24, 2019, on the Stock Status Update of American Lobster in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 41.
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