Research Document 1998/09
Assessment of Status of 4Vn Cod (May-Oct.): 1997
By R.K. Mohn, T.C. Lambert, S. Wilson, and G.A.P. Black
Abstract
The 4Vn cod fishery has been closed since September, 1993. Nevertheless, the stock shows little sign of recovery, largely due to lack of recruitment. About 45 tonnes of cod were taken commercially as bycatch in redfish, flatfish and halibut fisheries in both 1996 and 1997. The stock is monitored by annual DFO groundfish trawl surveys in July and in September of 1994-95 by an extension into 4Vn of the regular 4T groundfish survey. In addition, a "sentinel survey" employing commercial longliners, inaugurated in September 1994, has conducted July and September surveys on annual basis since. All these surveys gave a similar picture of the stock status. Until there is substantial recruitment, there are no prospects for a reopening of this fishery.
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