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| Marine Resource Fact Sheet |
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| | Owned by | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
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| Main Descriptors | Considered a single stock: Yes
Spatial Scale: Regional
Considered a management unit: Yes |
| Considered a single stock: A group of individuals in a species occupying a well defined spatial range independent of other stocks of the same species. It can be affected by random dispersal movements and directed migrations due to seasonal or reproductive activity. |
| Spatial Scale: Spatial scale contains a standard term such as Global, Regional (e.g. for the whole Atlantic), sub-regional (e.g. for a part of the Atlantic), national, local (for sub-national levels). |
| Considered a management unit: An aquatic resource or fishery is
declared as [Fishery] Management Unit if it is
effectively the focus for the application of selected
management methods and measures, within the broader
framework of a management system. According to the FAO
Glossary for Responsible Fishing, "a Fishery Management
Unit (FMU) is a fishery or a portion of a fishery
identified in a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) relevant
to the FMP's management objectives." FMU's may be
organised around fisheries biological, geographic,
economic, technical, social or ecological dimensions ,
and the makeup and attribute of a fishery management
unit depends mainly on the FMP's management
objectives. |
| Jurisdictional distribution: Jurisdictional qualifier (e.g.
"shared", "shared - highly migratory") of the aquatic
resource related with its spatial distribution. |
| Environmental group: Classification of the aquatic
resource according to the environmental group (e.g.
pelagic invertebrate, or demersal fish) to which the
species belong. |
| | | | | | Habitat and Biology Climatic zone: Temperate Bottom type: Unspecified Depth zone: Unspecified Horizontal distribution: Neritic Vertical distribution: Pelagic Geographical Distribution Jurisdictional distribution: Straddling between High Seas and EEZ Geo References  | | Distribution of Capelin - Southern Grand Bank
| FAO Fishing Statistical Division Areas | 21.3.N: Atlantic, Northwest / 21.3.N | | 21.3.O: Atlantic, Northwest / 21.3.O |
| | | | | | Intersecting Major FAO areas and LME areas |
The following area codes have been found as intersecting the distribution of Capelin - Southern Grand Bank Resource Structure Considered a single stock: Yes Exploitation Fishery and catchesThere has not been a directed fishery since 1993 when a moratorium was established, and no commercial catches have been reported since then.
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Catch ('000 t) |
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| 2006 |
0 |
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0 |
| 2007 |
0 |
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0 |
| 2008 |
0 |
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0 |
| 2009 |
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0 |
Assessment Data Capelin catches are from the Canadian bottom trawl surveys conducted in 1990-2008, as well as historical data sets from Russian and Canadian trawl-acoustic surveys directed to capelin. Assessment Model The only information available is a series of biomass estimates obtained during Canadian stratified-random bottom trawl surveys, but it is not clear that capelin indices from these surveys reflect the real stock distribution and stock status. No analytical assessment was possible with current data Overall Assessment Results Reference Point Scientific Council is not in a position to propose reference points at this time. Scientific Advice Special CommentsScientific Council recognizes the role that capelin play in the Northwest Atlantic ecosystem as a very important prey species for fish, marine mammals and seabirds. Historically, the spawning biomass was determined through the use of hydroacoustics. The next assessment will be in 2011. Management Considered a management unit: Yes Management Advice Scientific Council recommends no directed fishery on capelin in Div. 3NO in 2010-2011. Biological State and Trend Exploitation rate: None-Low
Abundance level: Unknown It is not clear that the data satisfactorily reflect the stock distribution and stock status. Nevertheless, and in spite of recent increases in survey indices, Scientific Council was unable to consider that the stock is at other than a relatively low level. Source of information SCR Doc. 09/14  . |
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