2022 – Total Allowable Catch for the Herring Fall Fishery of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (fall spawners component)

Moncton, New Brunswick (NB) – August 19, 2022 – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announces the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the herring fall fishery (fall spawners component) of the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence for Herring Fishing Areas (HFAs) 16A to 16G and 17.

The TAC is 10,000 t with allocations distributed according to fleet shares and the reserve distribution rules (Annex 1).

The allocations will be adjusted based on landings and remaining allocations of the 250 t interim TAC following the summer fishery.

Fleet allocations for the TAC of 10,000 t
Fleet 2022
Inshore fleet – HFAs 16A -16G 7,607
Inshore fleet – HFA 17 100
Gulf large purse seine fleet 2,293
Inshore fleet allocations following the distribution of the reserve (metric tons) for HFAs 16A to 16G (Reserve = 558 t)
Herring Fishing Area 2022
16A 12
16B 3,616
16C&E 1,479
16D 50
16F 1,519
16G 1,010

Annex 1

2022 – Reserve distribution rules

  1. The reserve distribution rules are only applicable to the fixed gear fleet.
  2. Each HFA will maintain its share at the closing of the fishing season.
  3. The reserve is established according to predetermined percentage of the initial allocation from the following HFAs:
    - 80% of the allocation from HFA 16A
    - 80% of the allocation from HFA 16D
    - 18.548% of the allocation from HFA 16G
    - 80% of the allocation from HFA 17
  4. The reserve is divided equally to HFAs 16C and 16E (50%) and 16F (50%).
  5. The reserve distribution rules are evaluated annually to take into consideration conservation concerns.
  6. If the allocation for HFA 16A, 16D or 16G is no longer sufficient after the reserve deductions, due to an increase in abundance, there will be a revision of the reserve distribution rules.
Allocations after reserve distribution (Reserve = 558 t)
HFA Shares Initial allocations (t) Reserve (t) Allocations after reserve deductions (t) Reserve distribution (t) Allocations (t)
16A 0.79% 60 48 12 N/A 12
16B 47.54% 3,616 N/A 3,616 N/A 3,616
16C&E 15.77% 1,200 N/A 1,200 279 1,479
16D 3.29% 250 200 50 N/A 50
16F 16.30% 1,240 N/A 1,240 279 1,519
16G 16.30% 1,240 230 1,010 N/A 1,010
17* 1% 100 80 100 N/A 100
TOTAL  100% 7,706 558 N/A 558 7,786

*Risk managed, no fishing activities.

 

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