Proceedings 2024/015
Proceedings of the Pacific Regional Peer Review on the Arrowtooth Flounder (Atheresthes stomias) Stock Assessment for British Columbia in 2021; October 19–20 and December 5, 2022
Chairperson: Shannon Obradovich
Editor: Yvonne Muirhead-Vert
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 October 19–20, 2022 and December 5, 2022. The working paper presented for peer review is to update management advice for the coastwide Arrowtooth Flounder stock in British Columbia as requested by the Pacific Groundfish Management Unit (GMU).
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person gatherings were restricted and a virtual format for this meeting was chosen. Participation included DFO Science regional Fisheries Management staff and external participants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Interface Fisheries Consulting, Mariner Seafoods, Commercial Industry Caucus-Trawl, Pacific Halibut Management Association, and the Canadian Groundfish Research and Conservation Society.
The meeting participants agreed the working paper met the Terms of Reference objectives and was accepted with major revisions. The conclusions and advice resulting from this review will be provided in the form of a Science Advisory Report (SAR) providing advice to DFO Fisheries Management on the coastwide assessment of this stock relative to the reference points that are consistent with the DFO’s Fishery Decision-Making Framework Incorporating the Precautionary Approach (DFO 2009), including the implications of various harvest strategies on expected stock status.
The Science Advisory Report and supporting Research Document will be made publicly available on the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) website.
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