Science Response 2023/021
Stock Status Update for American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Area 34 for 2022
Context
Advice on the stock status of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 34 is requested annually by Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Maritimes Fisheries Management. The last assessment of this stock occurred in October 2019 (DFO 2021). This document is the third update since that assessment. The LFA 34 assessment methodology was reviewed and accepted during a stock assessment framework in September 2019 (Cook et al. In press). This Science Response updates the primary stock status indicator, the primary fishing pressure indicator, as well as secondary indicators to the end of the 2021–2022 fishing season.
This Science Response Report results from the Regional Peer Review of October 7, 2022, on the Stock Status Update of American Lobster in Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) 34.
Accessibility Notice
This document is available in PDF format. If the document is not accessible to you, please contact the Secretariat to obtain another appropriate format, such as regular print, large print, Braille or audio version.
- Date modified: