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Assessment unit
Fishery:
Lake Erie Eastern Basin
US/Canada Lake Erie MU4
Canada
Gillnets and entangling nets
Fishery:
Lake Erie Eastern Basin
US/Canada Lake Erie MU4
Canada
Traps
Fishery:
Lake Erie Eastern Basin
US/Canada Lake Erie MU4
United States
Gillnets and entangling nets
Fishery:
Lake Erie Eastern Basin
US/Canada Lake Erie MU4
United States
Traps
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Perca flavescens
SPECIES NAME(s)
American yellow perch, Yellow perch
Four different assessment units are in the Lake Erie for American yellow perch: 1) Western Basin, 2) Western Central Basin, 3) Eastern Central Basin and 4) Eastern Basin (GLFC, 2012a; 2015). Stock structure is not completely understood; several spawning groups have been detected from genetic analysis, showing little evidence of correspondence with the established assessment units (Sepulveda-Villet and Stepien, 2011).
ANALYSIS
Strengths
SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
≥ 8
Managers Compliance:
≥ 6
Fishers Compliance:
10.0
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