Sustainability survey for fisheries
Services
We use a fisheries sustainability survey to track the performance of the fisheries we manage. This survey includes 180 fish stocks, which is just part of all the stocks we manage. We select certain stocks to survey based on their importance to:
- culture
- economy
- environment
The majority of the landings from fisheries we manage come from these fish stocks.
The survey reports on our progress in implementing our Sustainable Fisheries Framework policies.
Fish stocks reported on by the survey: 2020 results
| Fish stock | DFO Region | Current status zone for stock |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Cod 2J3KL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Cod 3Ps | Newfoundland and Labrador | Critical Zone |
| Albacore Tuna - North Pacific | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| American Lobster - LFA 3-14c | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| American Plaice - Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (4T) | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Arctic Char - Cambridge Bay | Central and Arctic | Healthy Zone |
| Arctic Char - Cumberland Sound | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Canada Dogfish - 4VWNX - 5 | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - 4X5Y | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - 5Zjm | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Halibut - 3NOPs4VWX+5 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Atlantic Halibut - 4RST | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Salmon - Gulf | Gulf | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Salmon - NL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Baffin Bay (High Arctic) | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Foxe Basin (Central Arctic) | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Hudson Bay-Davis Strait (Central Arctic) | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Penny Strait-Lancaster Sound (High Arctic) | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - South and East Hudson Bay | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - West Jones Sound (High Arctic) | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Beluga - Cumberland Sound | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Beluga - Northern Quebec (Nunavik) | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Bluefin Tuna - Western Atlantic | National Capital Region | Uncertain |
| Bocaccio | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Bowhead - Eastern Canada - West Greenland (ECWG) | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Canary Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Capelin - 4RST | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Capelin - SA2+3KLPs | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Chinook Salmon - North Coast | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Chinook Salmon - WCVI | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Chinook Salmon - Yukon | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Cod - 4RS-3Pn | Quebec | Critical Zone |
| Cod - Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (4TVn) | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Coho Salmon - North Coast | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Common Clam | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Dogfish - Inside | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Dogfish - Outside | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Dungeness Crab | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Eel (Large) | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Elvers | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Eulachon - Fraser River | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Euphausiids | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Gaspereau | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Geoduck | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Giant Red Sea Cucumber | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Green Sea Urchin | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Greenland Halibut - 4RST | Quebec | Cautious Zone |
| Greenland Halibut - Cumberland Sound | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Greenland Halibut - NAFO 0A and 0B | Central and Arctic | Healthy Zone |
| Greenland Halibut (Turbot) - 2-3KLMNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Grey Seal | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Gulf Shrimp (SFA 10) | Quebec | Cautious Zone |
| Gulf Shrimp (SFA 12) | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Gulf Shrimp (SFA 8) | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Gulf Shrimp (SFA 9) | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Haddock - 4X5Y | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Haddock - 5Zjm | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Harp Seal - Northwest Atlantic | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Herring - 2J3IKLPs | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Herring - 4R (Fall Spawner) | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Herring – 4R (Spring Spawner) | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Herring - 4S | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Herring - 4T (Fall Spawner) | Gulf | Cautious Zone |
| Herring - 4T (Spring Spawner) | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Herring - 4VWX | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Herring - 5Y, 5Z (weirs) | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Herring - Central Coast (Pacific) | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Herring - Haida Gwaii (Pacific) | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Herring - Prince Rupert District (Pacific) | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Herring - Strait of Georgia (Pacific | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Herring - WCVI (Pacific) | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Icelandic Scallop - 16EF | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Intertidal Clams - Central Coast-Heiltsuk Manila | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Intertidal Clams - North Coast Haida Gwaii Razor | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Intertidal Clams - South Coast-Vancouver Island | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Lake Trout - Great Slave Lake | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Lake Whitefish - Great Slave Lake | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Lingcod – Outside | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - 17 | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Areas 19-20-21 (Gaspé) | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 27-33 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 34 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 35-38 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Offshore LFA 41 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Southern Gulf (LFA 23, 24, 25, 26A, 26B) | Gulf | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Zone 22 (MI) | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Longspine Thornyhead | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Mackerel - Atlantic (NAFO 3-4) | National Capital Region | Critical Zone |
| Narwhal - (EHA BB) Admiralty Inlet | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - East Baffin | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Eclipse Sound | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Northern Hudson Bay | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Smith/Jones/Parry | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Somerset | Central and Arctic | Uncertain |
| North Slope Dolly Varden - Big Fish, Rat, Firth, Babbage, Vittrekwa | Central and Arctic | Cautious Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - SFA 5 | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - SFA 6 | National Capital Region | Critical Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - SFA 7 | National Capital Region | Critical Zone |
| Northern Shrimp (Borealis) - Eastern Assessment Zone | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Northern Shrimp (Borealis) - SFA 1 | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Northern Shrimp (Borealis) - SFA 4 | National Capital Region | Cautious Zone |
| Northern Shrimp (Borealis) - WAZ | National Capital Region | Uncertain |
| Pacific Hake – Offshore | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Halibut | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Ocean Perch - PMFC 3CD-WCVI | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Ocean Perch - PMFC 5ABC-QCS | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Ocean Perch - PMFC 5DE-HS/DE/WHG | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Oyster | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Pink and Spiny Scallop | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Pink Salmon – Fraser | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Pink Salmon - Skeena-Nass | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Pollock - 4X5 (Western Component) | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Queen / Snow Crab - CFA 1-12 | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Quillback Rockfish – Inside | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Quillback Rockfish – Outside | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Red Sea Urchin | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Redfish - 3LN | Newfoundland and Labrador | Healthy Zone |
| Redfish - 3O | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Redfish - Unit 3 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Unit 1 + 2 | National Capital Region | Cautious Zone |
| Redfish (Sebastes mentella) Unit 1 + 2 | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Rock Crab - LFA 23, 24, 25, 26A | Gulf | Uncertain |
| Rougheye Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sablefish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sardine – Pacific | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Scallop - Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (SFA 21a, b, c, 22, 23, 24) | Gulf | Uncertain |
| Sea Cucumber - 3Ps | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Sea Scallop - Area 20 | Quebec | Cautious Zone |
| Sea Scallop - Inshore SFA 28 (Bay of Fundy) | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Sea Scallop - Inshore SFA 29W | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Sea Scallop - Offshore SFA 26 German, Browns | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Sea Scallop - Offshore SFA 27, Georges | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Shrimp - Scotian Shelf (SFA 13-15) | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Shrimp Trawl | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Silver Hake - 4VWX | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Skate - 3LNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 12A | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 12B | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 12C | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 13 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 14 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 15 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 16 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 16A | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - 17 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - CFA 12 (12, 18, 25, 26), 12E, 12F, 19 | Gulf | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab - Scotian Shelf (4X) | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Snow Crab - Scotian Shelf (ENS-N) | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab - Scotian Shelf (ENS-S) | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Fraser (Early Stuart) | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Fraser (Early Summer) | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Fraser (Late) | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Fraser (Summer) | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Nass | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Skeena | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Somass | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Stikine | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Southern Inside chum - Fraser | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Southern Inside chum - mixed stock, Johnstone Strait | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Spot Prawn | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Stimpson's Surfclam | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Striped Bass - Bay of Fundy | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Striped Shrimp (Montagui) – Eastern Assessment Zone | National Capital Region | Cautious Zone |
| Striped Shrimp (Montagui) - SFA 4 | National Capital Region | Uncertain |
| Striped Shrimp (Montagui) - WAZ | National Capital Region | Uncertain |
| Surf Clam - Banquereau | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Surf Clam - Grand Bank | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Swordfish - North Atlantic | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Whelk - 3PS | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| White Hake - 3NOPs | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| White Hake - 4T | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Winter Flounder - 4RST | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Witch Flounder - 3NO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Cautious Zone |
| Witch Flounder - 3Ps | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Witch Flounder - 4RST | Gulf | Cautious Zone |
| Yelloweye Rockfish - Inside Population | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Yelloweye Rockfish - Outside Population | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Yellowmouth Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Yellowtail Flounder - 3LNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Healthy Zone |
| Yellowtail Flounder - 5Z | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
Related links
- About the survey
- Sustainability survey glossary
- Survey data and summaries for all years
- Fisheries management
Contact us
Sustainability survey for fisheries
National Fisheries Policy
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
200 Kent Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0E6
Email: DFO.SSF/EDP.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
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