Results
No analytical assessment is available. Evaluation of stock status is based upon fishery and research survey data.
This stock is now assessed biennialy. The next full assessment is currently scheduled for 2018.
Human impactLow fishery related mortality due to moratorium and low bycatch in other fisheries. Other sources (e.g. pollution, shipping, oil-industry) are considered minor.
Biological and Environmental InteractionsThe drastic decline of shrimp biomass since 2007 coincided with the increase of the cod stock in Div. 3M. It is uncertain whether this represents a causal relationship and/or the result of an environmental factor.
Results of modelling suggest that, in unexploited conditions, cod and redfish would be expected to be a highly dominant component of the system, and high shrimp stock sizes like the ones observed in the 1998 – 2007 period would not be a stable feature in the Flemish Cap.
Fishing MortalityRecruitmentBiomass