Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence herring : Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence herring (4TVn)

The TAC for the area extending from the north shore of the Gaspé Peninsula to the inshore fleet is divided by area during the spring and northern tip of Cape Breton Island and includes the Magdalen fall seasons. [...] The inshore fleet harvests >97% spring spawners in the spring and fall spawners in the fall. [...] The main reason for the 0 decline in TAC for 1996 is the decrease in importance of the 1987 year-class and below average 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 recruitment of four year-olds to the fishery. [...] The decline in biomass 1500 estimates and indications of poor four year-old recruitment in Chaleur Bay from the acoustic survey 1000 and egg deposition estimates on Fisherman’s Bank that were the lowest since the survey began in 1985. [...] Gillnetters in the area report spawning in deeper Year water off the bank and later in the year in 1995 than normal.