Science Response 2014/038
Assessment Update of Georges Bank Scallops (Placopecten magellanicus)
Context
A meeting of the Maritimes Science Advisory Process was held 1 May 2013 at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia to assess the status of the scallop stock on Georges Bank in support of the management of the 2013 fishery (DFO 2013). Participants included DFO scientists, fishery managers, Aboriginal organizations, and industry.
The main scallop fishery on Georges Bank is conducted in zone ‘a’. Georges Bank zone ’b’ is a marginal growth area for scallops and has separate management measures. The purpose of this report is to update the key results from the previous assessment with data from 2013 in order to provide science advice for the management of the 2014 fishery. The assessment and advice presented in this document use the assessment framework established in 2009 (Jonsen et al. 2009) and updated in 2013 (DFO 2013), for Georges Bank zone ‘a’ only.
This Science Response reports results from the Science Response Process of 6 May 2014 on the Offshore Scallops Stock Status Update.
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