Science Response 2014/039

Assessment Update of Browns Bank North 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 Browns Bank North 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 Browns Bank is conducted on the northern part of the bank. Browns Bank South 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 2011 (Hubley et al. 2011) and updated in 2013 (DFO 2013), Browns Bank North.

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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