Science Response 2021/018
Stock Status Update for American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Area 34 for 2020
Context
Advice on the stock status of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 34 is requested annually by Fisheries Management. The last assessment of this stock occurred in October 2019 (DFO 2020). This document is the first update since that assessment. LFA 34 assessment methodology was reviewed and accepted during a stock assessment framework in September 2019 (Cook et al. In prep). This Science Response updates the primary stock status indicator, the primary fishing pressure indicator, as well as secondary indicators to the end of the 2019–2020 fishing season.
This Science Response Report results from the Science Response Process of September 28, 2020, on the Stock Status Update of American Lobster in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 34.
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