Georges Bank herring : 5Z herring

The Fishery Atlantic herring is a pelagic species which occurs in the inshore and offshore waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. [...] Uncertainty was also expressed about the 200 quality of catch data used in the VPA, however, it was agreed that this was the best available estimate of biomass for the period 1961-1976. [...] Although no fish were caught, the lack of catch (4-7mm) 300 was not attributed to the absence of fish, but to their 250 600 distribution deep in the water column. [...] In 1995 the Canadian recommended combined catch for Georges Bank was increased to 20,000t, based From 1991 to 1994 both the US and the Canadian larval on continued signs of increasing stock biomass, however index increased. [...] In addition, the large number of age 2 herring in the 1995 The assessment of stock status is dependent upon the samples suggests the possibility of good future evaluation of research abundance indices, general recruitment from the 1993 year-class.