An ASPIC Based Assessment of Redfish (S. mentella and S. fasciatus) in NAFO Divisions 3LN (assuming that the highest apparently sustained historical average level of catch is a sound proxy to MSY)

• Main Authors: Ávila-de-Melo, A. (Antonio), Brites, N. (Nuno), Alpoim, R. (Ricardo), González-Troncoso, D. (Diana)
• Other Authors: Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo 2014
• Subjects: Schaefer; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Sebastes mentella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10508/2600

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. Redfish in Div. 3LN is regarded as a management unit composed...