Research Document 1997/14
Analyse des captures de capelan (Mallotus villosus) associés aux programmes Pêcheur-Repères du capelan et de la crevette (Pandalus borealis)
By François Grégoire, Renée Morneau, Hugues Bouchard, and Jean Landry
Abstract
In 1996, 39% to 63% of the catches made by the capelin fishermen from the Index-Fisherman program were not landed. The most important reasons cited for the discards were the small number of females in the catches and also their small size. The profile of the daily catches suggests a variable availability of the capelin to the fishery. The fishing season is short, just the time of the spawn because the market is directed to the ovigerous female. Fishermen from the shrimp Index program caught less capelin in 1996 than during the previous years. It has been suggested that the gradual movement of their fleet towards the south of the Gulf of St. Lawrence explains this reduction.
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