The status of redfish (S. mentella and S. fasciatus) in Divisions 3LN at present and the likelihood its follow up in the near future (under the ongoing the Management Strategy or a status quo TAC scenario)

• Main Authors: Ávila-de-Melo, Antonio, Alpoim, Ricardo, González-Troncoso, Diana, González-Costas, Fernando, Pochtar, María
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Pesquerías; Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo; Baffin Island; Tac; Baffin; Northwest Atlantic; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/15349; http://hdl.handle.net/10261/329389

There are two species of redfish in Divisions 3L and 3N, the deep-sea redfish (Sebastes mentella) and the Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus) that have been commercially fished and reported collectively as redfish in fishery statistics. Both species, occurring on Div. 3LN and managed as a single st...