Research Document - 2002/083
The status of cod in the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (3Pn, 4RS) in 2001)
By Alain Fréchet, Johanne Gauthier, Philippe Schwab,
Guy Moreault, Louis Pageau, Jason Spingle and Frank Collier
Abstract
The commercial landings for this stock have reached a maximum of 106 thousand tons while the stock had reached its maximum mature biomass of 468 thousand tons in 1983. Afterwards, the stock was reduced to a minimum mature biomass of 19 thousand tons in 1994. The stock was under moratorium from 1994 to 1996 which allowed for a modest improvement of the mature biomass which was at 53 thousand tons at the reopening of the commercial fishery in 1997. Since 1997, the commercial fishery has been conducted by fixed gears only (longlines, gill nets and hand lines). Despite the low fishing effort, the mature biomass remains stable at the same level as the reopening of the fishery in 1997.
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