MSC pre-assessment made public 

Participants confirmed 

Updated 2024 workplan

Updated workplan made available

Workplan made public 

A management procedure with a fixed low fishing mortality rate (F=0.065) is awaiting adoption to manage the Atlantic cod stock in the critical zone.

DFO published the 2023 stock assessment of NAFO subdivision 3Ps Cod.

DFO has published the ToR for the 3Ps Atlantic Cod Assessment. 

The FIP conducted the final simulated testing for the draft rebuilding plan; measurable objectives, a rebuilding target and timeline, and performance metrics have been developed.

DFO published the stock assessment of NAFO subdivision 3Ps Cod

TAC decision for 2022/ 2023 released and remains unchanged from the 2021-2022 period. 

The FIP's 3Ps cod rebuilding plan working group held a meeting at the beginning of 2022 to discuss proposed management objectives

Cod stock assessment published July 21'

DFO published “Science Guidelines to Support Development of Rebuilding Plans for Canadian Fish Stocks”

Atlantic Groundfish Council recommends rollover of total allowable catch for south coast cod

A technical briefiing has been prepared ahead of the release of the annual stock assesment

A modelling framework meeting including DFO and French scientists and independent reviewers to evaluate the appropriateness of a new stock assessment models for 3Ps cod  - New model incorpated a broader range of data, including commercial landings to 1959, research surveys and sentinel fishery survey.

Annual stock assessment was undertaken in Oct 2018  published in 2019

Develop methodology to determine herring bait usage from reported landings of 3Ps cod by longline and hand-line fishing gears

A collaborative Framework Assessment project between DFO (Canada) and IFREMER (France) has been commenced for the jointly shared 3Ps cod stock. 

Annual stock assessment for 3PS cod published

Increase to PI 1.1.2; DFO has developed a rebuilding plan, and the existing conditions for recovery are suitable for calculating the minimum time required to reach the target if fishing were to cease (Tmin). Monitoring is in progress to assess the effectiveness of the rebuilding strategy within the proposed timeframe.

DFO has made the Conservation Harvesting Plan 2022-2023 available for the 3PS fishery

Fish Stock provisions under the Fisheries Act have come into force which places binding obligations on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to manage certain fish stocks sustainably, and to put rebuilding plans in place when stocks become depleted.

Increase in BMT score 2.3.3;  The bycatch data for UoCs 1, 2 and 3 are representative of each component of the 3Ps cod fishery as a whole.

Increase in BMT score 2.3.3; Based on the very few observed harvester interactions (and mandatory release for broadhead and spotted wolffish), it is very likely the overall risk from the fixed gear fisheries is very low. 

Increase in BMT score 2.1.3; The volumes of herring bait used likely meet the MSC requirements for consideration as a main (5%) primary species.