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Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) occurs on the continental shelf off West Greenland in NAFO Divisions 0A and 1A-1F in depths between approximately 150 and 600 m. Greenland fishes the species in Subarea 1, Canada in Div. 0A; Canadian regulations set a separate shrimp TAC for the part of this Divis...
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| Summary: | Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) occurs on the continental shelf off West Greenland in NAFO Divisions 0A and 1A-1F in depths between approximately 150 and 600 m. Greenland fishes the species in Subarea 1, Canada in Div. 0A; Canadian regulations set a separate shrimp TAC for the part of this Division lying east of 60°30'W (Canadian SFA 1). The species is assessed in these waters as a single stock and managed by catch control. The fishery has been prosecuted over time by four distinct fleets: Greenland small-vessel inshore; Greenland KGH offshore; Greenland recent offshore, and Canadian offshore. Catches peaked in 1992 at 105 000 tons but then decreased to around 80 000 tons by 1998 owing to management measures. Since then stepwise increases of catch quotas have been accompanied by increased catches. The provisional total catch in 2005, at 138 500 tons, was the highest on record. The Total Allowable Catch (TAC) in Greenland waters for 2006 is set at 134 000 tons, and for the Canadian fishery in the eastern part of Div. 0A 18 381 tons; however, Canadian catches in recent years have stayed at little over 6 000 tons in spite of much higher TACs. The inshore fishery prosecuted by vessels below 80 GRT accounts for around 15 % of the landings. Reported discard and by-catch of other species are alike low. Catch and effort data from logbooks was analysed with standard linear models to create fleet-specific series of |
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