Science Advisory Report 2024/030

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (NAFO Division 4TVn) Fall Spawning Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) Stock Assessment to 2023

Context

The Fisheries and Harbour Management sector of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has requested a stock status for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) 4TVn) Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) fall spawning component. This stock is prescribed under section 6 of the Fisheries Act. The last scientific assessment for this stock was completed in March 2022 to provide advice for the 2022 and 2023 fisheries (DFO 2022). This stock follows a two-year assessment and management cycle. This Science Advisory Report is from the regional peer review of March 19-20, 2024 on the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, NAFO Division 4TVn, Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) Stock Assessment to 2023. Additional publications from this meeting will be posted on the DFO Science Advisory Schedule as they become available.

Science Advisory Report 2024/030 (PDF, 996 KB)

Data sets:

• NAFO fishing division 4T Herring Science Acoustic Survey
• NAFO 4T Atlantic Herring Biomass Estimates
• NAFO 4T Atlantic Herring Landings
• NAFO fishing division 4T Herring Spawning Grounds Acoustic Survey

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