Science Response 2020/043

Stock Status Update of Georges Bank ‘a’ Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) for the 2020 Fishing Season

Context

Advice on the status of the Georges Bank Scallop stock is requested annually by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Resource Management to help determine an annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC, meat weight) in support of the fishery. The purpose of this report is to update the status of Georges Bank Scallop with data from the 2019 Scallop survey and fishery (January 1 to December 31) to provide science advice for the management of the 2020 fishery. The last Regional Advisory Process for this stock occurred in 2013 (DFO 2013; Hubley et al. 2014) and Updates have been conducted annually since (DFO 2019 and references therein).

This update for the Scallop fishery on Georges Bank pertains to zone ‘a’. The assessment and advice presented in this document uses the assessment framework established in 2009 (Jonsen et al. 2009). Georges Bank zone ‘b’ has separate management measures. Some elements of the fishery in zone ‘b’ are also presented for continuity.

This Science Response Report results from the Science Response Process of April 7, 2020, on the Stock Status Update of Offshore Scallop: Browns Bank North and Georges Bank ‘a’.

Science Response 2020/043 (PDF, 2,048 KB)

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