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| Marine Resource Fact Sheet |
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| Capelin - Southern Grand Bank |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) , is part of NAFO Summary Sheets data collection. |
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| Related observations | Locate in inventory | | | | Species: | | FAO Names: en - Capelin, fr - Capelan, es - Capelán, zh - 毛鳞鱼, ru - Мойва |
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| Geographic extent of Capelin - Southern Grand Bank Map tips - Click on
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| 21.3.N | Atlantic, Northwest / 21.3.N |
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| 21.3.O | Atlantic, Northwest / 21.3.O |
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| Main Descriptors | Considered a single stock: Yes Spatial Scale: Regional
Management unit: Yes Reference year: 2017
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| 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. |
| Reference Year: The Reference Year is the last year considered in the stock assessment and/or fishery status. |
| | | | | | Biological State and Trend Acoustic surveys series terminated in 1994 indicated a stock at a low level. Although biomass indices have increased in recent years, bottom trawl surveys are not considered a satisfactory basis for a stock assessment of a pelagic species. Habitat and Biology Climatic zone: Temperate. Bottom type: Unspecified. Depth zone: Slope - Deepslope (500 m - 1000 m). Horizontal distribution: Neritic. Vertical distribution: Pelagic. Geographical Distribution Jurisdictional distribution: Straddling between High Seas and EEZ Geo References  | | Geographic extent 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 Capelin was caught in a directed trawl fishery. There is low bycatch in other trawl fisheries. The directed fishery was closed in 1992 and the closure has continued through 2017. No catches have been reported for this stock from 1993 except 1 t of Spanish catch in 2014 and 5 t Estonian catch in 2016. In 2017, 11t of discards were reported. Recent catch estimates and TACs (t) are as follows: | | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | | TAC | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | ndf | | STATLANT 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | | ndfno directed fishing | Effects of the fishery on the ecosystemNo fishery. Assessment Overall Assessment Results Reference Point Not defined. Projection Quantitative assessment of risk at various catch options is not possible for this stock at this time. Assessment Model Analytical assessment Results Assessment was based on evaluation of trends in acoustic survey data (1975 – 1994) and bottom trawl surveys (1995 – 2017). Bottom-trawling is not a satisfactory basis for a stock assessment of a pelagic species. The assessment is only indicative of major changes in abundance. Next full assessment is scheduled for 2021. Biomass 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 interactionsScientific Advice Special commentsBottom-trawling is not a satisfactory basis for a stock assessment of a pelagic species and survey results are indicative only. Investigations to evaluate the status of capelin stock should utilize trawl acoustic surveys to allow comparison with historical time series. Management Management unit: Yes Management Advice Recommendation for 2019-2021No directed fishery. Management Objectives No explicit management plan or management objectives defined by Fisheries Commission. General convention objectives (GC Doc. 08-03) are applied. Advice is based on qualitative evaluation of biomass indices in relation to historic levels. The capelin stock is distributed in Divs. 3NO, mainly on the Grand Bank. Source of information Report of the Meeting, 01-14 June, 2018 - SCS Doc. 18/19. |
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