Proceedings of the 2014 Regional Peer Review Meeting for the Assessment of Striped Shrimp (Pandalus montagui) in Shrimp Fishing Area 4

John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) on January 23, 2014 to assess the status of Striped Shrimp (Pandalus montagui) in Shrimp Fishing Area (SFA) 4. The meeting was developed to inform management measures for the 2014-15 shrimp fishing season and to determine whether additional management considerations would be required in the future for the management of Striped Shrimp. [...] This species has been taken as bycatch within the Northern Shrimp (Pandalus borealis) commercial fishery since 1988; and has recently been assigned a bycatch limit of 4033 t in SFA 4. The objectives of this review meeting were: 1. to determine female spawning stock biomass (SSB) of Striped Shrimp in SFA 4; and; 2. to calculate the exploitation rate for Striped Shrimp in SFA 4. Participants at the [...] The meeting began with an overview of the CSAS science advisory process and a review of the terms of reference (TOR) for the meeting. [...] The main discussion topics that emerged from the presentation included: the regulations set on Striped Shrimp bycatch as a percentage over the season; the distribution of Striped Shrimp catch in relation to the distribution of fishing effort throughout SFA 4 and impacts of this on the validity of the exploitation rate index; the likely effects of strong currents on movement of Striped Shrimp and i [...] The purpose of the peer review meeting was to update the status of Striped Shrimp to inform management considerations for the 2014-15 fishing season.