Divison 3M Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) - Interim Monitoring Update
This document updates some of the indices for northern shripm (Pandalus borealis) harvested within NAFO Divisions 3M. The assessment for this resource was completed, within Scientific Council during autumn 2008, and although it was not possible to present a management advice on a specific TAC due to...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10508/670 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/327773 |
| Summary: | This document updates some of the indices for northern shripm (Pandalus borealis) harvested within NAFO Divisions 3M. The assessment for this resource was completed, within Scientific Council during autumn 2008, and although it was not possible to present a management advice on a specific TAC due to insufficient information, in light of the poor prospect for this stock, the scientific council recommended that the exploitation level for 2009 and 2010 should not exceed the levels that have occurred since 2005. The catch table (to September 2009) and biomass estimates (EU survey summer 1988-2009) are updated within this report. Preliminary data indicate that 20267 t and 12889 t of shrimp were taken in 2007 and 2008 respectively against an annual TAC of 48000 t y 32000 respectively. In the 2009 EU survey the 3M biomass index was 2797 t, next to the lowest values estimated in the beginning of the EU survey series and confirming the decrease initiated in 2002. This drastic decline in the biomass index make necessary the revision of the recommendation carried out within Scientific Council during autumn 2008. Sí |
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