Science Advisory Report 2024/026

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, NAFO Division 4T-4VN (November-April), Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Stock Assessment to 2023

Context

The Fisheries and Harbour Management sector of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has requested a stock status for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Division 4T-4Vn (November-April)) Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua). The commercial directed fishery has been under moratorium since 2009 and a 300 tonnes allowance has been set. The last scientific assessment for the Atlantic cod stock was completed in February 2019 (DFO 2019). This Science Advisory Report is from the February 20-21, 2024 regional peer review on the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, NAFO Division 4T-4Vn (November-April), Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Stock Assessment to 2023. Additional publications from this meeting will be posted on the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Science Advisory Schedule as they become available.

Science Advisory Report 2024/026 (PDF, 460 KB)

Data sets:

• NAFO Division 4T groundfish research vessel trawl survey (September Survey) dataset
• NAFO Division 4T sentinel trawl surveys dataset
• Otolith Collection of Atlantic Cod in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

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