Terms of Reference

Update of indicators of the Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) population of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, DFO Gulf Region, in 2016

Regional Science Response Process – Gulf Region

February 17, 2017
Moncton, New Brunswick

Chairperson: Gérald Chaput (DFO Gulf Region)

Context

The most recent peer-reviewed assessment of the Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) population of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, DFO Gulf Region, provided information up to and including the 2010 spawning year (DFO 2011). Monitoring of the spawning population in the Northwest Miramichi has continued on an annual basis. Annual updates of spawner abundance and biological characteristics of the Striped Bass population were provided for the 2012 to 2015 spawning years (DFO 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). DFO Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Branch requested an update for 2016 of the spawner abundance and biological characteristics of the Striped Bass population of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Objectives

The objective of the meeting is to review the estimates of abundance and the biological characteristics of the Striped Bass spawning population of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2016.

Expected Publication

• CSAS Science Response

Expected Participation

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) (Ecosystems and Oceans Science, and Ecosystems and Fisheries Management)

References cited

DFO. 2011. Allowable harm assessment of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2011/014.

DFO. 2013. Update to 2012 on spawner abundance and biological characteristics for striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2013/10: 18 p.

DFO. 2014. Recreational fishery catches, spawner abundance, and biological characteristics of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2013. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2014/015.

DFO. 2015. Recreational fishery catches, spawner abundance, and biological characteristics of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2014. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2015/011.

DFO. 2016. Spawner abundance and biological characteristics of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in 2015. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2016/017.