Combined Canada/USA catches were 608 mt, including 25 mt of discards in the 2015 calendar year. The estimated adult population biomass at the beginning of 2016 from the Virtual Population Analysis (VPA) “M 0.8” model was 11,026 mt. Recruitment at age 1 has been low in recent years, with the 2003 year class remaining the highest estimated recruitment since 2000. The 2010 year class at age 1 is equivalent to two-thirds of the 2003 year class based on the 2016 assessment. The current estimate of the 2013 year class is 4.4 million fish. A suite of indicators derived solely from survey and fishery data were summarized. Briefly, average survey biomass shows no evidence of rebuilding, and recruitment has been poor forthe last 25 years. Relative F has declined since 1995, although total Z has remained high. Fishing mortality (ages 4-9) in 2015 was estimated to be 0.05. In recent years, ages 6+ are not fully selected by the fishery. In 2015, ages 3-4 were fully recruited. Consequently, the F4-9 cannot be directly compared to F=0.11, so it is difficult to conclude whether we are achieving low risk of exceeding F=0.11. Average weight at length, used to reflect condition, declined throughout the time series, but has started to show improvement since 2009. Lower weights at age in the population in recent years, a truncated age structure, poor recruitment and high total mortality have contributed to the lack of rebuilding. A projection was made that considered a constant F approach consistent with the Transboundary Management Guidance Committee (TMGC) harvest strategy to reduce F to promote rebuilding when stock conditions are poor, and the empirical approach yielded a range of potential catch advice. For the 2017 quota, consistent with catch advice from both approaches, TRAC recommends an upper bound of 700 mt, which reflects precision associated with both lines of evidence.
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2017
Description:
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2016 were 12,409 mt. At the beginning of 2017, adult biomass was 274,482 mt. A preliminary estimate for the 2016 year class is 111 million age 1 fish. The current estimate for the 2013 year class is 885 million age ...
Barrett, M.; Legault, Christopher M.; Irvine, F.; Andrushchenko, I.;
Corporate Authors:
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2019
Description:
The combined 2018 Canada/USA Atlantic cod catches were 565 mt with a quota of 951 mt. Two of the three research survey biomass indices increased from last year, but all three remain below their time series average. Condition factor is at or above the...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2018
Description:
Combined Canada/United States of America (USA) catches in 2017 were 526 mt, which included 18 mt of discards. Survey biomass indices decreased for all three surveys and recruitment has been poor for the last 25 years. Relative fishing mortality has d...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2017
Description:
Combined Canada/USA catches in 2016 were 537 mt, which included 17 mt of discards. Survey biomass indices increased for all three surveys, while recruitment has been poor for the last 25 years. Relative fishing mortality has declined since 1995, alth...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2019
Description:
Combined Canada and USA catches for Eastern Georges Bank (EGB) Haddock were 12,495 mt in 2018. The 2018 and 2019 survey indices were above their respective means for the time series. In the most recent year, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada (DFO) and Nat...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2018
Description:
Combined Canada/United States of America (USA) catches were 13,679 mt in 2017 (27% of the quota). In the most recent surveys, total biomass indices have decreased from record highs in the 2016 Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) survey and 2015 Nationa...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2017
Description:
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2016 were 44 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. The declining trend in survey biomass to low levels, despite reductions in catch to historical low amounts, indicates a poor state of t...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2016
Description:
Since 1998, the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) has reviewed Eastern Georges Bank Haddock stock assessments and projections necessary to support management activities for shared resources across the United States of America (USA)-...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2016
Description:
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2015 were 118 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. The declining trend in survey biomass to low levels for the past three years, despite reductions in catch to historical low amounts, i...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2015
Description:
Combined Canada/USA catches were 574 mt, including 30 mt of discards in 2014. The Virtual Population Analysis (VPA) “M 0.8” model from the 2013 benchmark was used to provide catch advice. Natural mortality (M) was fixed at 0.2 for all ages in all...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2018
Description:
Combined Canada and United States (US) catches in 2017 were 95 mt. The declining trend in survey biomass to low levels, despite reductions in catch to historical low amounts, indicates a poor state of the resource. Recent catch is low relative to the...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2015
Description:
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2014 were 159 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. Discards were greater than landings for the first time in 2014. The declining trend in survey biomass to low levels for the past two y...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2019
Description:
The Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) met during 9 to 11 July 2019 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, to review updated assessments (through 2018) of Eastern Georges Bank Atlantic Cod, Eastern Georges Bank Haddock, and Georges B...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2016
Description:
The Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) met on 12-14 July 2016 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America, to review updated stock assessments of Eastern Georges Bank Atlantic Cod and Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder, as w...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2015
Description:
The Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) met during 7-9 July 2015 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, to review updated assessments (through 2014) of Eastern Georges Bank Atlantic Cod, Eastern Georges Bank Haddock, and Georges Bank ...
Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-09
Description:
The third Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) meeting was held in Woods Hole, MA, USA during 26-28 April 2000 and provided a forum for joint Canada/USA peer review of assessments for Georges Bank cod, haddock and yellowtail flounder r...
Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 04-05
Description:
The seventh Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) meeting was held at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, USA during May 27-29, 2003. Updated assessments for Eastern Georges Bank cod and hadd...
Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-08
Description:
"This Advisory Report on Stock Status provides results ofthe third meeting of the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC), held in Woods Hole, MA April 26-28, 2000. The meeting was attended by 32 Canadian and USA scientists, managers and ...
Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-17
Description:
This report presents an updated analytical assessment of the status of the Georges Bank cod Gadus morhua stock (NAFO Division 5Z and subarea 6) for the period 1978-1999 based on analysis of USA and Canadian commercial landings and effort data and res...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2015
Description:
Combined Canada/USA catches were 574 mt, including 30 mt of discards in 2014. The Virtual Population Analysis (VPA) “M 0.8” model from the 2013 benchmark was used to provide catch advice. Natural mortality (M) was fixed at 0.2 for all ages in all...
Barrett, M.; Legault, Christopher M.; Irvine, F.; Andrushchenko, I.;
Corporate Authors:
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2019
Description:
The combined 2018 Canada/USA Atlantic cod catches were 565 mt with a quota of 951 mt. Two of the three research survey biomass indices increased from last year, but all three remain below their time series average. Condition factor is at or above the...
Andrushchenko, I.; Legault, Christopher M.; Barrett, M.;
Corporate Authors:
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2019
Description:
Following the 2018 TRAC, poor diagnostics of both the VPA and ASAP assessment models for eastern Georges Bank cod resulted in TMGC requesting that TRAC investigate alternative methodologies for providing catch advice until a benchmark can be held. Th...
Andrushchenko, I.; Legault, Christopher M.; Martin, R.; Brooks, E. N.; Wang, Y.;
Corporate Authors:
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2018
Description:
The combined 2017 Canada/USA Atlantic Cod catches were 526 mt with a quota of 730 mt. Catches in all three research surveys decreased since the 2017 assessment. Both fishery and survey catches showed truncated age structure in recent years. The VPA ...
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans.. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Published Date:
2018
Description:
Combined Canada/United States of America (USA) catches in 2017 were 526 mt, which included 18 mt of discards. Survey biomass indices decreased for all three surveys and recruitment has been poor for the last 25 years. Relative fishing mortality has d...
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