Science Advisory Report 2010/079
Assessment of Inshore Shrimp Stocks Along the Coast of British Columbia
Summary
- The coast of British Columbia is assessed and managed as 36 Shrimp Management Areas (SMA’s).
- Shrimp stock size is indexed through annual swept-area fishery independent surveys in selected SMA’s.
- The current assessment concludes that shrimp stocks show high annual variation in stock size.
- In 2010, 12 of the 16 shrimp stocks assessed in this report were above the Upper Stock Reference (USR) and in the Healthy zone; two stocks, SMA 18 and SMA 19 sidestripe shrimp, were between the USR and Limit Reference Point (LRP) and in the Cautious zone; two stocks, SMA 18 and SMA 19 pink shrimp, were below the LRP and in the Critical zone.
- Annual TACs were reached in some SMA’s in some years between 1998 and 2010; however, catch ceilings have never been reached in all SMA’s in a single year.
This Science Advisory Report is from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, Regional Advisory Meeting of November 30 to December 2, 2010 on the Pacific Invertebrate SubCommittee Meeting: Pink and Spiny Scallop, Sea Cucumber, Central Coast Manila Clam, Geoduck Clam Aquaculture, and Shrimp Trawl. Additional publications from this process will be posted as they become available on the DFO Science Advisory Schedule.
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