Terms of Reference

Update of indicators of the Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) population of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, DFO Gulf Region, for 2019

Regional Science Response Process (SRP) – Gulf Region

January 8, 2020
Moncton, New Brunswick

Chairperson: Gérald Chaput

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 have been provided with the most recent one for the 2018 spawning year (DFO 2019). DFO Fisheries and Aquaculture Management Branch requested an update for 2019 of the spawner abundance and biological characteristics of the Striped Bass population of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Objective

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 for 2019.

Expected Publications

• CSAS Science Response

Expected Participation

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

References

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. 2019. Update of spawner abundance and biological characteristics of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence to 2018. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2019/010. (Erratum: March 2019).