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

Moncton, New Brunswick (NB) – Revised on August 26, 2022 – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announces revised fleet allocations 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 remains at 10,000 t for 2022 with allocations distributed according to fleet shares and the reserve distribution rules (Annex 1). In order to maximize fishing opportunity and provide a high probability of attaining the TAC, an additional 5,000 t are distributed according to existing shares; however, the fishery will be closed once the TAC of 10,000 t is captured.

Fleet allocations established (metric tonnes) in order to reach catches of 15,000 t
Fleet 2022
Inshore fleet – HFAs 16A-16G 11,410
Inshore fleet – HFA 17 150
Gulf large purse seine fleet 3,440
Inshore fleet allocations following the distribution of the reserve (metric tonnes) for HFAs 16A to 16G (Reserve = 837 t)
Herring Fishing Area 2022
16A 18
16B 5,424
16 C & E 2,218 
16D 75
16F 2,279
16G 1,515

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 = 837 t)
HFA Shares Initial allocations (t) Reserve (t) Allocations after reserve deductions (t) Reserve distribution (t) Allocations (t)
16A 0.79% 90 72 18 N/A 18
16B 47.54% 5,424 N/A 5,424 N/A 5,424
16C&E 15.77% 1,799 N/A 1,799 419 2,218
16D 3.29% 375 300 75 N/A 75
16F 16.30% 1,860 N/A 1,860 419 2,279
16G 16.30% 1,860 345 1,515 N/A 1,515
17* 1% 150 120 150 N/A 150
TOTAL  100% 11,559 837 N/A 837 11,679

*Risk managed, no fishing activities.

 
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