More Cuts Expected in Newfoundland's Northern Shrimp Fishery Based on DFO Survey
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Telegram] by Glen Whiffen - February 19, 2018
Details of the latest northern shrimp stock assessment were released Friday with key Shrimp Fishing Area (SFA) 6 off the province’s northeast coast looking pretty grim.
Fishable biomass is down 16 per cent and spawning stock biomass is down 19 per cent in SFA 6, thus leaving shrimp in that area in the critical zone of the precautionary approach framework employed by Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) science.
This is the lowest biomass measurement recorded. In total, it's estimated there were 87,000 tons in SFA 6 ...
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