Science Advisory Report 2024/055

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, NAFO Division 4T, White Hake (Urophycis tenuis) Stock Assessment to 2022

Context

The Fisheries and Harbour Management sector of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has requested an update of stock status for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Division 4T) White Hake (Urophycis tenuis). The commercial directed fishery has been under moratorium since 1995 and a total allowable catch (TAC) of 30 tonnes (t) remains to allow for bycatch in other groundfish fisheries, catch in a limited recreational fishery, catch for scientific purposes, and Indigenous food, social and ceremonial fisheries. The last scientific assessment for the White Hake stock was completed in February 2021 (DFO 2021). This Science Advisory Report is from the regional peer review of August 20-21, 2024 on the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, NAFO Division 4T, White Hake (Urophycis tenuis) Stock Assessment and Science Advice to Support the Rebuilding Plan. 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 2024/055 (PDF, 362 KB)

Data sets:

• NAFO Division 4T groundfish research vessel trawl survey (September Survey) dataset
• Evaluation of groundfish and shrimp annual multidisciplinary survey in the Estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (CCGS Teleost 2004 - 2022)
• Otolith Collection of White Hake in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

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