Science Advisory Report 2024/012
Pacific Ocean Perch (Sebastes alutus) Stock Assessment for British Columbia in 2023
Context
This Science Advisory Report is from the November 6–7, 2023 regional peer review on the Pacific Ocean Perch (Sebastes alutus) stock assessment for British Columbia in 2023. Additional publications from this meeting will be posted on the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Science Advisory Schedule as they become available.
Pacific Ocean Perch (POP, Sebastes alutus) is a commercially important species of rockfish that inhabits marine canyons along the coast of British Columbia. Of the current annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) of rockfish on the west coast of Canada, POP has the second largest single-species quota after Yellowtail Rockfish (S. flavidus). Key results from the stock assessment for subareas 5ABC, 3CD, and 5DE at the start of 2024 are reported here. Harvest advice is required to determine if current harvest levels are sustainable and compliant with DFO’s Decision-making Framework Incorporating the Precautionary Approach.
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