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Science Response 2016/053

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

Context

The most recent assessment for the rock crab fishery of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (sGSL) was completed in 2013 with information up to 2011 (DFO 2013; Rondeau et al. 2014). The next complete assessment for the fishery is scheduled for 2018. The update of the fishery status indicators was requested by DFO Gulf Region Fisheries and Aquaculture Management (FAM). This Science Response report results from the Science Response Process of November 14, 2016, on the Update to 2016 of the indicators of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) and the rock crab (Cancer irroratus) stocks of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

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