Science Response 2023/005

Update to 2021 of the fishery indicators for rock crab (Cancer irroratus) in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Context

An update of the fishery indicators for the rock crab (Cancer irroratus) fishery of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) was last completed in 2018 with information up to 2017 (DFO 2019a). The most recent stock assessment was completed in 2013, with information up to 2011 (DFO 2013; Rondeau et al. 2014). The update of the fishery status indicators was requested by DFO Gulf Region Fisheries and Harbour Management.

This Science Response Report results from the Regional Peer Review on the Update of the Fishery Indicators for Rock Crab in Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (LFAs 23, 24, 25, 26A, 26B) which took place December 7, 2022.

Science Response 2023/005 (PDF, 1,194 KB)

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