Proceedings 2022/015

Proceedings of the Pacific regional peer review on the Stock Assessment and Management Advice for BC Pacific Herring: 2017 status and forecast for 2018; October 17-18, 2017

Chairperson: John Neilson

Rapporteur: Linnea Flostrand

Summary

Fisheries Management Branch annually requests science advice regarding the status of Pacific Herring stocks in British Columbia (BC) and harvest options following the current harvest control rule and using decision tables. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Pacific Region is also engaged in a concurrent multi-year process to renew the management framework for Pacific Herring, which includes simulation evaluation of harvest control rules (i.e. through management strategy evaluation, MSE). Until the MSE process and analyses have been completed, BC Pacific Herring stock assessment continues to be based on two previously endorsed configurations of the current stock assessment model (AM1 and AM2). New to the 2017 assessment is the estimation of stock productivity, and estimation of the current stock status relative to the limit reference point of 0.30SB₀, which was reviewed and approved in early 2017 (DFO 2017).

These proceedings summarize the discussions and key conclusions that resulted from a Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Regional Peer Review meeting of October 17-18, 2017 held in Nanaimo, British Columbia (BC) to review the Working Paper titled “Stock assessment for Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) in British Columbia in 2017 and forecast for 2018”.

In-person and web-based participation included individuals from DFO Science and Fisheries and Aquatic Management Sectors staff; and external participants from First Nations organizations, the commercial fishing sector, academia, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the private sector.

The conclusions and advice resulting from this review will be provided in the form of a Science Advisory Report (SAR) to help inform on DFO fishery management of BC Pacific Herring. The Science Advisory Report and supporting Research Document will be made publicly available on the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat website.

Proceedings 2022/015 (PDF, 474 KB)

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