Proceedings 2024/003

Proceedings of the Pacific Regional Peer Review on the Application of the Management Procedure Framework for Outside Quillback Rockfish in British Columbia in 2021; May 29–30, 2023

Chairperson: Ben Davis

Editors: Yvonne Muirhead-Vert and Olivia Gemmell

Summary

These Proceedings summarize the relevant discussions and key conclusions that resulted from a Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) Regional Peer Review meeting on May 29-30, 2023 via the online meeting platform Zoom. The working paper presented for the peer review was written to provide scientific advice to support management of Outside Quillback Rockfish (Sebastes maliger), and applied the Management Procedure (MP) Framework (Anderson et al. 2021) to evaluate the performance of index-based and constant catch MPs to meet policy and fishery objectives.

Participation included DFO Science, Fisheries Management, and external participants from Blue Matter Science Ltd., Landmark Fisheries Research, Maa-nulth First Nations, Ha’oom Fisheries Society, Interface Fisheries, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Pacific Halibut Management Association, and Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA).

The meeting participants agreed the working paper met all of the Terms of Reference objectives and the paper was accepted with minor revisions. The conclusions and advice resulting from this review will be provided in the form of a Science Advisory Report (SAR) providing advice to the Groundfish Management Unit (GMU) to inform harvest advice for the Outside Quillback Rockfish fishery in accordance with the DFO Precautionary Approach (DFO 2009), and the legislated Fish Stock Provisions of the Fisheries Act. The advice will also inform the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) reassessment of Quillback Rockfish status. The Science Advisory Report and the supporting Research Document will be made publicly available on the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) website.

Proceedings 2024/003 (PDF, 433 KB)

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