Research Document 1997/56
Newfoundland East and Southeast Coast Herring - An Assessment of Stocks to the Spring of 1996
By J. P. Wheeler, G. H. Winters, and B. Squires
Abstract
Results of the analysis of data from 1995 and the spring of 1996 are presented for herring stocks along the east and southeast coasts of Newfoundland. Landings from the 1995 commercial fishery (4,600 t) decreased approximately 900 t from 1994 due to quota reductions. The 1990 and 1991 year classes replaced the 1987 year class as the dominant ones in the fishery in most areas. Stock abundance was estimated from a research gill net catchability analysis. A risk analysis of predicted recruitment was also calculated for each of the stocks. The stock status of the two northern areas, White Bay - Notre Dame Bay and Bonavista Bay - Trinity Bay, were classified as poor to moderate. The two southern stocks, St. Mary's Bay - Placentia Bay and Fortune Bay, were classified as good to very good.
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