Research Document 1997/70
The status of yellowtail flounder in NAFO Division 4T in 1996
By G. Poirier, R. Morin and D. Swain
Abstract
Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence groundfish surveys indicate that the abundance of yellowtail flounder in NAFO 4T is at a historically average value since 1985. Reported landings of yellowtail have been variable but for the last 2 years have been at a fairly high level compared to the mean since 1960. Information from the commercial landings has not been collected in a regular and systematic way for yellowtail. A survey near the Magdalen Islands indicates the possibility of a juvenile area there. More information from the fisheries and more effort on surveys may help fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge of yellowtail flounder in the southern Gulf.
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