Proceedings 2013/027
Proceedings of the zonal peer review meeting of a current assessment of Northern, Spotted, and Atlantic Wolffish related to population status, life history, and habitat; January 23-24, 2013
Chairperson: Geoff Veinott
Rapporteurs: Lee Sheppard and Erika Parrill
Summary
An assessment of Northern, Spotted, and Atlantic Wolffish was held at the Holiday Inn in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, on January 23-24, 2013. All three species of wolffish were previously listed on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA) as being either threatened (Northern and Spotted Wolffish) or of special concern (Atlantic Wolffish), due to significant declines in relative abundance indices and reductions in area occupied during the 1980s and early 1990s. In September 2010, a zonal pre-COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Wildlife in Canada) assessment of Atlantic, Northern, and Spotted Wolffish was held to peer-review Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) information relevant to the COSEWIC status assessment for the three wolffish species in Canadian waters. The current Zonal Advisory Process (ZAP) meeting provided an update on wolffish life history, population status, and habitat requirements summarizing research completed and data collected from September 2010 to present. This information was used in the development of the five-year report (2008-2013) on recovery progress and implementation for Northern Wolffish and Spotted Wolffish.
Participants at the meeting included representatives from DFO Science, Species at Risk, and Fisheries Management, Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Memorial University, fishing industry, and members of COSEWIC/Marine Fishes Subcommittee.
In addition to these proceedings, publications to come from the meeting include a Science Advisory Report and comprehensive Research Documents, all to be available online on the DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Website.
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