ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᐃᑏᑦ ᐅᑯᓄᖓ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑭᖑᐃᑦ, PANDALUS BOREALIS, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑕᕐᓴᓖᑦ ᑭᖑᓐᓄᑦ, PANDALUS MONTAGUI, ᐅᕙᓂ ᐅᐊᓐᓇᒥ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᕕᒻᒦᑦᑐᑦ, ᕕᕝᕗᐊᕆ 2024

Abstract

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Resource Management (RM) has requested Science advice on the status of the two species of shrimp, Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and Striped Shrimp (Pandalus montagui) in the waters adjacent to Nunavut and Nunavik. Both species in the Western Assessment Zone (WAZ) were last fully assessed in 2023 (DFO 2023). Full assessments are carried out every two years with stock status updates in the intervening years. The next full assessment is scheduled for 2025. This assessment follows the framework developed in 2007 for Northern Shrimp off Labrador and the northeastern coast of Newfoundland (DFO 2007). A new Limit Reference Point (LRP) was established and a new Upper Stock Reference point (USR) was proposed in 2020 (DFO 2020). A series of fishery independent surveys and fishery data formed the basis of the current assessment. This Science Response Report is from the February 6, 2024 regional peer review on the Stock Update of Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) and Striped Shrimp (P. montagui) in the Eastern Assessment Zone and Western Assessment Zone, February 2024.