FishSource - Queen crab

Puebla et al. (2008) found homogeneity on the genetic structure of queen crab along the west coast of Greenland and within Atlantic Canada from southern Labrador to Nova Scotia. Four assessment units are delimited by DFO-Canada and managed separately: Estuary and N Gulf of St Lawrence (areas 13 to 17, 12A, 12B, 12C and 16A), Newfoundland and Labrador (offshore and inshore areas of Divisions 2HJ3KLNOP4R), Nova Scotia (North and South Nova Scotia 4V,W,X) and S Gulf of St Lawrence (Areas 12, 19, 12E and 12F). Within W Greenland there are 6 management units: Upernavik, Uummannaq-Disko Bay, Sisimiut, Maniitsoq-Kangaamiut, Nuuk-Paamiut and Narsaq-Qaqortoq (Burmeister, 2010).

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ANALYSIS

Strengths

Weaknesses

FISHSOURCE SCORES

Management Quality:

Management Strategy:

NOT YET SCORED

Managers Compliance:

NOT YET SCORED

Fishers Compliance:

NOT YET SCORED

Stock Health:

Current
Health:

NOT YET SCORED

Future Health:

NOT YET SCORED

RECOMMENDATIONS

RETAILERS & SUPPLY CHAIN

Monitor the performance of the fishery and its management to ensure the fishery continues to be eligible for condition-free MSC re-certification.

FIPS

No related FIPs

CERTIFICATIONS

Scotian shelf snow crab trap:

MSC Certified

Fisheries

Within FishSource, the term "fishery" is used to indicate each unique combination of a flag country with a fishing gear, operating within a particular management unit, upon a resource. That resource may have a known biological stock structure and/or may be assessed at another level for practical or jurisdictional reasons. A fishery is the finest scale of resolution captured in FishSource profiles, as it is generally the scale at which sustainability can most fairly and practically be evaluated.

ASSESSMENT UNIT	MANAGEMENT UNIT	FLAG COUNTRY	FISHING GEAR
Estuary and N Gulf of St Lawrence	Canada Estuary and N Gulf of St Lawrence	Canada	Pots
Estuary and N Gulf of St Lawrence	Canada Estuary and N Gulf of St Lawrence	Canada	Traps
Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada	Pots
Nova Scotia	Canada Nova Scotia	Canada	Pots
S Gulf of St. Lawrence	Canada S Gulf of St. Lawrence	Canada	Pots
S Gulf of St. Lawrence	Canada S Gulf of St. Lawrence	Canada	Traps
W Greenland	Greenland Maniitsoq-Kangaamiut	Greenland	Stow nets
	Greenland Narsaq-Qaqortoq	Greenland	Stow nets
	Greenland Nuuk-Paamiut	Greenland	Stow nets
	Greenland Sisimiut	Greenland	Stow nets
	Greenland Upernavik	Greenland	Stow nets
	Greenland Uummannaq-Disko Bay	Greenland	Stow nets

Fisheries

Analysis

OVERVIEW

Last updated on 14 May 2012

Strengths

Nova Scotia

Last updated on 14 May 2012

Weaknesses

Nova Scotia

Last updated on 14 May 2012

RECOMMENDATIONS

Nova Scotia

Last updated on 27 December 2018

Recommendations to Retailers & Supply Chain

Monitor the performance of the fishery and its management to ensure the fishery continues to be eligible for condition-free MSC re-certification.

1.STOCK STATUS

2.MANAGEMENT QUALITY

3.ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

FishSource Scores

MANAGEMENT QUALITY

STOCK HEALTH:

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Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

No related FIPs

Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

Certifications

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

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NAME

Scotian shelf snow crab trap

STATUS

MSC Certified on 10 July 2012

SCORES

Principle Level Scores:

Principle	Score
Principle 1 – Target Species	83.8
Principle 2 - Ecosystem	96.0
Principle 3 – Management System	84.0

Certification Type: Gold

Certifications

Sources

Credits

Burmeister, AD. 2010. Asessment of snow crab in West Greenland 2011 Teknisk Rapport nr. 83, Pinngortitaleriffik, Grønlands Naturinstitut http://www.natur.gl/fileadmin/user_files/Dokumenter/Tekniske_rapporter/SSR_West_Greenland__83_2011.pdf
Criquet, G., Dunne, E., Ennis, J., Garforth, D., 2013. MSC Surveillance Report For The Southern Gulf of St Lawrence Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Trap Fishery. SAI Global Assurance Services, September 2013. 26pphttp://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/fisheries-in-the-program/certified/north-west-atlantic/gulf_of_st_lawrence_snow_crab_trap/assessment-downloads-1/20130916_SR_CRA366.pdf
DFO. 2014a. Assessment of snow crab in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Areas 12, 19, 12E and 12F) and advice for the 2014 fishery. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2014/008.http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2014/mpo-dfo/Fs70-6-2014-008-eng.pdf
DFO. 2014b. Assessment of candidate harvest decision rules for compliance to the Precautionary Approach framework for the snow crab fishery in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2014/007.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/publications/sar-as/2014/2014_007-eng.pdf
DFO, 2015. Assessment of Nova Scotia (4VWX) Snow Crab. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2015/034, 31pp.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/SAR-AS/2015/2015_034-eng.pdf
Dunne, E., Mateo, I., 2014. MSC Surveillance Report For The Southern Gulf of St Lawrence Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Trap Fishery. SAI Global Assurance Services, October 2014. 30pp http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/fisheries-in-the-program/certified/north-west-atlantic/gulf_of_st_lawrence_snow_crab_trap/assessment-downloads-1/MSC_Southern_Gulf_of_St_Lawrence_snow_crab_2nd_Surveillance_Report_October_2014_JMD.pdf
Garforth, D., Ennis, J., Dunne, E., and Murray, C. 2012. Public Certification Report for the Southern Gulf of St Lawrence Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Trap Fishery. Global Trust Certification Ltd, 25th September 2012. 262pp.http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/certified/north-west-atlantic/gulf_of_st_lawrence_snow_crab_trap/assessment-downloads-1/20120925_PCR_CRA366.pdf
Mateo, I., Dunne, E., 2014. MSC Surveillance Report for the Scotian Shelf Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) Trap Fishery. SAI Global Assurance Services, October 2014. 31pphttp://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/fisheries-in-the-program/certified/north-west-atlantic/scotian_shelf_gulf_st_lawrence_snow_crab_trap/assessment-downloads-1/MSC_Scotian_Shelf_snow_crab_2nd_surveillance_report_Oct_2014_-_om.pdf
Puebla, O., Sévigny, J.-M., Sainte-Marie, B.; Brêthes, J.-C., Burmeister, A., Dawe, E. G.; Moriyasu, M. 2008. Population genetic structure of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) at the Northwest Atlantic scale, Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 65(3): 425-436http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f07-163

Appended content

DFO, 2001. Area 19 Snow Crab Integrated Fishery Management Plan DFO Gulf Region Fisheries Management Plan.http://www.glf.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/folios/00161/docs/ns-snowcrab-area19-2001-2010-eng.pdf
DFO, 2010. Assessment of the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Areas 13 to 17, 12A, 12B, 12C and 16A) Snow Crab Stocks in 2009. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec., Sci. Advis. Rep. 2010/029.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CSAS/Csas/publications/sar-as/2010/2010_029_e.pdf
DFO, 2015. Assessment of the Estuary and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Areas 13 to 17, 12A, 12B, 12C and 16A) Snow Crab Stocks in 2014. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2015/033, 20pp.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/publications/sar-as/2015/2015_033-eng.pdf
Pinfold, G. 2006 Overview of the Atlantic Snow Crab Industry. Submitted to: Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Atlantic Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/peches-fisheries/reports-rapports/sc-cn_e.pdf
Puebla, O., Sévigny, J.-M., Sainte-Marie, B.; Brêthes, J.-C., Burmeister, A., Dawe, E. G.; Moriyasu, M. 2008. Population genetic structure of the snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) at the Northwest Atlantic scale, Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 65(3): 425-436http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f07-163

Addison, J. Powles, H. And Scott, I. 2013. Newfoundland & Labrador Snow Crab. MSC Certification report. Moody Marine Ltd, Intertek- Moody.http://www.msc.org/track-a-fishery/fisheries-in-the-program/certified/north-west-atlantic/newfoundland_labrador_snow_crab/assessment-downloads-1/20130319_FR_CRA256.pdf
DFO, 2010. Assessment of Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2010/020.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/CSAS/Csas/publications/sar-as/2010/2010_020_e.pdf
DFO, 2012. Assessment of Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2012/008. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/Publications/SAR-AS/2012/2012_008-eng.pdf
DFO, 2015. Assessment of Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Sci. Advis. Rep. 2015/029, 39pp.http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/csas-sccs/publications/sar-as/2015/2015_029-eng.pdf

Queen crab

NW Atlantic

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Queen crab

NW Atlantic

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

ANALYSIS

FISHSOURCE SCORES

RECOMMENDATIONS

FIPS

CERTIFICATIONS

Fisheries

Fisheries

Analysis

OVERVIEW

1.STOCK STATUS

2.MANAGEMENT QUALITY

3.ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY

FishSource Scores

FishSource Scores

Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs)

Certifications

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)

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STATUS

SCORES

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