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American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div Maritimes Region Stock Status Report A3-34(2002) American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) Background Flatfish are bottom dwelling fishes primarily associated Summary with soft substrate (mud and sand bottom). They are unique among other fish in being asymmetrical, both eyes lying on one side of the highly flattened body. • The abundance and production of Early in life they start swimming on one side, and the eye on the underside migrates to the upper side. large American plaice and yellowtail Flatfishes lie on the bottom on the blind side. Principal flounder are very low. food items include crustaceans, molluscs, polychaete worms and small fishes. • There should be low fishing mortality Prior to 1994, yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea), witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) and on American plaice and yellowtail American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides) were managed as one stock complex (4VWX); winter flounder until increases in production flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) was and biomass of commercial-sized excluded from management considerations. In 1994, the management area was divided into an eastern fish are observed. (4VW) and western (4X) component, winter flounder was included, and the overall Total Allowable Catch (TAC) partitioned between the two areas based on • Large yellowtail flounder are no catch history. The flounder fishery in 4X was placed longer available in either of the two under the Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQ) program in August 1994. areas of concentration (4Vs and 4W). Management of the four species together under one TAC reflected the fact that it has been impossible to obtain reliable statistics on landings separated by species. The reported witch flounder landings are • Indicators of recruitment for both generally considered to be reliable, due to the higher species have been improving, but price paid for this species. But the unreliability of the catch data for the other three species, coupled with the with no evidence of a contribution to reports from the fishing industry of serious mis- the fishable biomass. Until this reporting of other species as flatfish prior to 1991 eliminates the value of that information in determining happens, there are no prospects of resource exploitation. Initiation of ITQ logs and improved yields. dockside monitoring of landings has had limited success in separating catch to individual species because landings were not separated at weighout or were misidentified by the weighmaster. It was decided to assess witch flounder separately from the other three species in 1997, but it is still managed as part of the general flounder TAC. December 2002 American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder Maritimes Region on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) The Fishery Bank (4W) through the mid-1980s. From about 1987 the yellowtail fishery was Landings (000s t) concentrated on the southeast corner of 1977- 1980- 1990- Year 1979 1989 1997 1998 19992 20003 2001 2002 Banquereau until the fishery virtually Avg Avg Avg TAC1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 disappeared in 1996. There has not been Total 10.0 8.4 3.6 2.0 2.1 0.9 0.7 a significant yellowtail fishery since that 1. The TAC and landings include all flatfish species except Atlantic halibut. time. 2. Fishing year, landings and TAC refer to the 15-month period from January 1, 1999, to March 31, 2000. 3. Commencing in 2000, fishing year, landings and TAC The biggest problem for managing refer to the period April 1st of the current year to March st flatfish fisheries has been the inability to 31 of the following year. segregate landings by species, and Landings (000's t) consequently overall quotas have been 12 applied to combined fisheries. 10 Unspecified flounder (unidentified flatfish 8 species) in the commercial flatfish landings statistics for 4VW has increased 6 TAC from 19% in 1998 to almost 30% in 2002. 4 Reconciliation of unspecified flounder for 2 1992-1999 (Fowler and Stobo, 1999; Fowler and Stobo, 2000) and by proration 0 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 of 1999 adjustments for 2000-2001, resulted in reducing the percent Total landings of 4VW flatfish had unspecified but it remains substantial and remained around 2000t from 1995 variable. This limits the utility of catch through 1999, then dropped to 939t in data for determination of stock status. 2000. Total flatfish landings in Recognizing this caveat, the reconciled 2001/2002 were 705t. The 2002 fishing plaice and yellowtail landings were used year landings of flatfish in 4VW to to evaluate exploitation rate. October 24, 2002, are 538t. Most of the TAC is allocated to the ITQ (mobile <65’) Reconciliation of Commercial and Fishing and offshore fleets, with the majority of Log Data (Scotia Fundy only) the catch taken by the ITQ fleet (in addition to its own quota, the ITQ fleet Revised Landings in Tonnes catches most of the quota of the offshore Percent Year Plaice Yellowtail Remaining fleet under the Temporary Vessel Unspecified Replacement Program - TVRP). Since 1992 479 1390 33.8% 1994, total landings have never exceeded 1993 778 1864 18.4% 67% of the TAC, with most of the shortfall 1994 836 1219 15.5% attributed to the offshore allocation. 1995 843 921 9.5% 1996 953 396 9.3% 1997 1206 87 17.9% American plaice are fished primarily in 1998 1258 33 6.1% 4Vs (Banquereau) and 4Vn (Sydney 1999 1269 47 11.8% Bight), with most of the 4Vn catches 2000 538 6 13.0% since 1995 made in the spring and fall. 2001 364 8 14.0% The yellowtail flounder fishery was most active on Banquereau and Sable Island 2 American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder Maritimes Region on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) Resource Status Most of the decline in abundance of American plaice has been associated American Plaice with fishery-sized (denoted large; ≥31cm) components of the population. Summer research vessel (RV) survey Abundance of pre-recruit sizes (denoted information indicates a declining trend in small; ≤30cm) of plaice show no trends abundance of American plaice from 1980 over time. There is currently no evidence to 1994. This was followed by a period of of a relationship between small plaice stability at very low abundance, with a abundance and subsequent abundance record low in 2001. of large plaice. American Plaice American Plaice 80 25 50 Small Fish 45 70 Number per tow 40 Large Fish Weight (kg) per tow 20 60 35 ow t 30 50 15 25 40 er per 20 b 10 15 um 30 N Mean numberper tow 10 Weight (kg) per tow 20 5 5 10 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 0 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 3 American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder Maritimes Region on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) 4 American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder Maritimes Region on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) The area occupied for large plaice beginning of the series and in recent declined steadily throughout the time years implies that Relative F’s for those series, then dropped sharply to a record years should be higher. Therefore, it is low in 2001, and has increased only very difficult to interpret any trend in slightly in 2002. The area occupied for Relative F’s throughout the period. Due to small plaice has been above average in this complication, this indicator will not be most years since 1990. used further in this assessment. American Plaice Plaice Relative F 0.96 0.18 0.86 0.16 0.76 0.14 0.66 0.12 0.56 0.1 Large Fish 0.46 Small Fish 0.08 Proportion of Area Occupied of Area Proportion 0.36 0.06 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 0.04 0.02 Condition, the weight of a fish at a given 0 length, from the summer RV survey was 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 used as an indicator of fish health. The predicted weight of 29cm plaice, Yellowtail Flounder representing the mean length of the population over the time series, has Based on summer RV surveys, declined slightly since 1991. yellowtail flounder appear to consist of two separate concentrations, only one of American Plaice which has been fished since about 1987. 240 The concentration on Banquereau (4Vs) 220 supported the fishery until 1996, while the 200 180 concentration on Sable Island Bank (4W) 160 has not been fished since the 1980s. 140 120 Predicted Weight Weight Predicted (grams) 100 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1985 1988 1991 1994 1997 2000 Age and length composition of American plaice in 1999 indicate that most of the fish taken in the survey are 5- 6 years old. Applying the survey age/length key to commercial sampling data for 1993-1999 indicates full recruitment to the fishery at age 9. Relative fishing mortality (relative F) was derived by dividing the catch by the RV survey biomass of large fish. The high proportion of unspecified flounder at the 5 American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder Maritimes Region on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) 6 American Plaice and Yellowtail Flounder Maritimes Region on the Eastern Scotian Shelf (Div. 4VW) Since the 1970s, yellowtail flounder The area occupied for large yellowtail has abundance and biomass have been declined steadily since 1980. The area declining. occupied for small yellowtail has increased almost steadily since 1990. Yellowtail Flounder 90 20 Yellowtail Flounder 0.60 80 Number per tow 18 Large Fish Weight (kg) per tow Small Fish 70 16 0.50 14 60 0.40 12 50 10 0.30 40 8 30 0.20 Number per tow 6 Weight (kg) per tow Proportion of Area Occupied of Area Proportion 20 4 0.10 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 10 2 0 0 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Condition, the weight of a fish at a given length, from the summer RV survey was Most of the decline in abundance of used as an indicator of fish health.
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