Science Response 2021/020
Stock Status Update of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Areas 36 and 38 for 2020
Context
Advice on the stock status of American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs) 36 and 38 is requested annually by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Fisheries Management. A Framework Assessment for LFAs 35–38 was reviewed in September 2019 (Cook et al. In prep.), and the last assessment occurred on September 2019 (DFO 2020). This document will be the first update since the 2019 assessment. The assessment identified one primary indicator and three secondary indicators that describe changes in Lobster abundance and biomass, as well as proposed reference points for the primary indicator. This Science Response updates these indicators to the end of the 2019–2020 fishing season. The Science Response Report results from the Science Response Process of September 22, 2020, on the Stock Status Update of American Lobster in Lobster Fishing Areas (LFAs) 36 and 38.
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