Science Response 2021/043
2020 Stock Status Update for American Plaice in NAFO Subarea 2 + Div. 3K
Context
This document is the result of a 2020 scientific update on the status of American Plaice (Hippoglossoides plattesoides) in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Subarea 2 + Division 3K, as requested by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Resource Management. In light of the COVID-19 situation, the full Regional Peer Review meeting scheduled for March 24-27, 2020 had to be cancelled. Alternatively, it was decided that the Centre for Science Advice (CSA), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Region, would coordinate an internal virtual DFO Stock Update.
This stock was last fully assessed in 2003 (DFO 2003) with a status update and limit reference point meeting held in 2012 (DFO 2012). Information available for the current update included fishery landings (1960-2019) and discards (2010-2019), and annual fall Research Vessel (RV) surveys (1978-2019). Data considered here from RV surveys provide information on spatial distribution and size composition, as well as indices of biomass, abundance, and recruitment.
This Science Response Report results from the Regional Science Response Process held on April 1-2, 2020 for the SA2+3K American Plaice Stock Assessment.
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