4VWX Herring (Clupea harengus) Stock Status Update to 2024

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English
Date
2025
Type
Report
Author(s)
  • Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Pêches et Océans Canada
Publisher
Center for Science Advice (CSA), Maritime Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Alternative title

4VWX Herring Stock Status Update

Abstract

The Resource Management Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has requested interim advice for 4VWX Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) the 2025 fishing year for subcomponents, Southwest Nova Scotia/Bay of Fundy (SWNS/BoF), Coastal Nova Scotia, Offshore Scotian Shelf banks spawning components, and southwest New Brunswick (NB) migrant juveniles. The meeting objectives were: Review of information on the Offshore Scotian Shelf and Coastal Nova Scotia spawning component and Southwest New Brunswick migrant juvenile fishery component. Evaluate indicators and the status of the SWNS/BoF component with respect to the limit reference point. Determine if exceptional circumstances have occurred for the SWNS/BoF component. This Science Response Report is from the regional peer review of June 25, 2025 and July 4, 2025, on the Stock Status Update of Herring in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Fishing Areas 4VWX.

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1 online resource (10 pages) : charts

Subject

  • Fisheries,
  • Fisheries management,
  • Surveys

Pagination

10 pages

Identifiers

Government document number
Fs70-7/2025-026E-PDF
ISBN
9780660785165
ISSN
1919-3769

Report

Report no.
2025/026
Series title
Science Response (Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat)

Citation(s)

DFO. 2025. 4VWX Herring (Clupea harengus) Stock Status Update to 2024. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Resp. 2025/026.

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