Sustainability survey for fisheries
Services
We use the fisheries sustainability survey to track the performance of the fisheries we manage. This survey includes 198 fish stocks, which are just a portion 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: 2024 results
| Fish stock | DFO Region | Current status zone for stock |
|---|---|---|
| Acadian Redfish - Unit 3 | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Albacore Tuna - North Pacific | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| American Lobster - (LFA 23, 24, 25, 26A, 26B) | Gulf | Healthy Zone |
| American Lobster - LFA 3-14c | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| American Plaice - NAFO 4T | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Arctic Char - Cambridge Bay | Arctic | Healthy Zone |
| Arctic Char - Cumberland Sound | Arctic | Healthy Zone |
| Atlantic Canada Spiny Dogfish - NAFO 4VWX5 | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - NAFO 2J3KL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Cautious Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - NAFO 3Pn4RS | Quebec | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - NAFO 3Ps | Newfoundland and Labrador | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - NAFO 4TVn | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - NAFO 4X5Y | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Cod - NAFO 5Zjm | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Halibut - NAFO 3NOPs4VWX5Z | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Atlantic Halibut - NAFO 4RST | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Atlantic Herring - Coastal Nova Scotia | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Herring - Herring Fishing Area 15 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Herring - NAFO 2J3KLPs | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Herring - NAFO 4R (Fall Spawner) | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Herring - NAFO 4R (Spring Spawner) | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Herring - NAFO 4T (Fall Spawner) | Gulf | Cautious Zone |
| Atlantic Herring - NAFO 4T (Spring Spawner) | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Herring - Offshore Scotian Shelf | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Herring - Southwest New Brunswick (migrant juveniles) | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Herring - Southwest Nova Scotia / Bay of Fundy | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Mackerel | National Capital Region | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Salmon - Gulf | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Atlantic Salmon - NL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Baffin Bay (High Arctic) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Foxe Basin (Central Arctic) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Hudson Bay-Davis Strait (Central Arctic) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - Penny Strait-Lancaster Sound (High Arctic) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - South and East Hudson Bay | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Atlantic Walrus - West Jones Sound (High Arctic) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Beluga - Cumberland Sound | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Beluga - Northern Quebec (Nunavik) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Bluefin Tuna - Western Atlantic | National Capital Region | Uncertain |
| Bocaccio Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Bowhead - Eastern Canada - West Greenland (ECWG) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Canary Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Capelin - NAFO 2J3KL | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Capelin - NAFO 4RST | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Chinook Salmon - North Coast | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Chinook salmon - Okanagan | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Chinook Salmon - West Coast of Vancouver Island | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Chinook Salmon - Yukon | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Coho salmon - Interior Fraser | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Coho Salmon - North Coast | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Dogfish - Inside waters | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Dogfish - Outside waters | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Dungeness Crab | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Eel (Large) | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Elvers | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Eulachon - Fraser River | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Euphausiids | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Fraser Chum Salmon | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Gaspereau | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Geoduck | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Giant Red Sea Cucumber | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Green Sea Urchin | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Greenland Halibut - Cumberland Sound Turbot Management Area | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Greenland Halibut - NAFO 0A and 0B | Arctic | Healthy Zone |
| Greenland Halibut - NAFO 4RST | Quebec | Cautious Zone |
| Greenland Halibut (Turbot) - NAFO 2 + 3KLMNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Grey Seal | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Haddock - NAFO 4X5Y | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Haddock - NAFO 5Zjm | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Harp Seal - Northwest Atlantic | National Capital Region | Cautious Zone |
| Iceland Scallop - Scallop Fishing Sub-areas 16E and 16F | Quebec | Critical Zone |
| Inconnu – Great Slave Lake | Arctic | Cautious Zone |
| Inner South Coast Chum | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Intertidal Clams - Central Coast | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Intertidal Clams - South Coast | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Lake Trout - Great Slave Lake | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Lake Whitefish - Great Slave Lake | Arctic | Healthy Zone |
| Lingcod - Outside waters | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 27 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 28 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 29 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 30 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 31A | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 31B | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 32 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 33 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 34 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 35 | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 36 | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Lobster - Inshore LFA 38 | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Lobster - Lobster Fishing Area 17 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Lobster - Lobster Fishing Area 22 | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Lobster Fishing Areas 19-21 | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Lobster - Offshore LFA 41 | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Longspine Thornyhead | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Admiralty Inlet (Eastern High Arctic-Baffin Bay) | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - East Baffin | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Eclipse Sound | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Northern Hudson Bay | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Smith/Jones/Parry | Arctic | Uncertain |
| Narwhal - Somerset | Arctic | Uncertain |
| North Slope Dolly Varden - Big Fish, Rat, Firth, Babbage, Vittrekwa | Arctic | Cautious Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 8 | Quebec | Critical Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 10 | Quebec | Critical Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 12 | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 5 | National Capital Region | Cautious Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 6 | National Capital Region | Critical Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 7 | National Capital Region | Critical Zone |
| Northern Shrimp - Shrimp Fishing Area 9 | Quebec | 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 | Healthy Zone |
| Northern Shrimp (Borealis) - Western Assessment Zone | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Hake - Offshore | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Halibut | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Herring - Central Coast | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Pacific Herring - Haida Gwaii | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Pacific Herring - Prince Rupert District | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Herring - Strait of Georgia | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pacific Herring - West Coast of Vancouver Island | Pacific | Cautious 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 |
| Pacific Razor Clam | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Pink and Spiny Scallop | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Pink Salmon – Fraser | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pink Salmon - Skeena-Nass | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Pollock - NAFO 4X5 (Western Component) | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Quillback Rockfish - Inside waters | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Quillback Rockfish - Outside waters | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Red Sea Urchin | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Redfish - NAFO 3LN | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Redfish - NAFO 3O | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) Unit 1 + 2 | National Capital Region | Uncertain |
| Redfish (Sebastes mentella) Unit 1 + 2 | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Rock Crab - LFA 23, 24, 25, 26A, 26B | Gulf | Uncertain |
| Rougheye Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sablefish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Sardine – Pacific | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Sea Cucumber - NAFO 3Ps | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Sea Scallop - (SFA 21a, 21b, 21c, 22, 23, 24) | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Sea Scallop - Inshore SFA 28A-D (Bay of Fundy) | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Sea Scallop - Inshore SFA 29 West | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Sea Scallop - Offshore SFA 26 German, Browns | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Sea Scallop - Offshore SFA 27 Georges | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Sea Scallop - Scallop Fishing Area 20 | Quebec | Healthy Zone |
| Shrimp - Scotian Shelf (Shrimp Fishing Areas 13-15) | Maritimes | Cautious Zone |
| Shrimp Trawl | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Silver Hake - NAFO 4VWX | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab – Assessment Division 2HJ | Newfoundland and Labrador | Cautious Zone |
| Snow Crab – Assessment Division 3K | Newfoundland and Labrador | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab – Assessment Division 3Ps | Newfoundland and Labrador | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab – Assessment Division 4R3Pn | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 12A | Quebec | Critical Zone |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 12B | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 12C | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 13 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 14 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 15 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 16 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 16A | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - Crab Fishing Area 17 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Snow Crab - North-Eastern Nova Scotia (N-ENS) | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab - Scotian Shelf (NAFO 4X) | Maritimes | Critical Zone |
| Snow Crab - South-Eastern Nova Scotia (S-ENS) | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab- Assessment Division 3LNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Healthy Zone |
| Snow Crab CFA 12 (18, 25, 26), 12E, 12F, 19 | Gulf | Healthy Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Fraser (Early Stuart) | Pacific | Critical Zone |
| Sockeye Salmon - Fraser (Early Summer) | Pacific | Cautious 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 - Stikine | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Soft Shell Clam - Soft Shell Clam Fishing Areas 1-3 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Spot Prawn | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Stimpson's Surfclam - Stimpson's Surfclam Fishing Areas 1-4 | Quebec | Uncertain |
| Striped Bass - Bay of Fundy | Maritimes | Uncertain |
| Striped Shrimp (Montagui) – Eastern Assessment Zone | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Striped Shrimp (Montagui) - Shrimp Fishing Area 4 | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Striped Shrimp (Montagui) - Western Assessment Zone | National Capital Region | Healthy Zone |
| Surf Clam - Banquereau | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Surf Clam - Grand Bank | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Swordfish - North Atlantic | Maritimes | Healthy Zone |
| Thorny Skate - NAFO 3LNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| WCVI Barkley Sockeye Salmon | Pacific | Uncertain |
| Whelk - NAFO 3PS | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| White Hake - NAFO 3NOPs | Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncertain |
| White Hake - NAFO 4T | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Winter Flounder - NAFO 4T | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Witch Flounder - NAFO 3NO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Cautious Zone |
| Witch Flounder - NAFO 4RST | Gulf | Cautious Zone |
| Yelloweye Rockfish - Inside Waters | Pacific | Cautious Zone |
| Yelloweye Rockfish - Outside Waters | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Yellowmouth Rockfish | Pacific | Healthy Zone |
| Yellowtail Flounder - NAFO 3LNO | Newfoundland and Labrador | Healthy Zone |
| Yellowtail Flounder - NAFO 4T | Gulf | Critical Zone |
| Yellowtail Flounder - NAFO 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
Domestic Fisheries Policy
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
200 Kent Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0E6
Email: DFO.SustainabilitySurveyforFisheries-Enquetesurladurabilite.MPO@DFO-MPO.GC.CA
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