Rainbow smelt
Eastern New Brunswick
Canada, Eastern Brunswick
Canada
Gillnets and entangling nets
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Osmerus mordax
SPECIES NAME(s)
Rainbow smelt, American smelt, Smelt
Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) is caught in a multi-gear commercial and subsistence fishery in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Price Edward Island waters. New Brunswick landings are the highest with up to 76% of total landings coming from this region (Chaput and LeBlanc 1996). See McKenzie (1964); DFO (2001,2007,2011); Locke et al., (1999); Bradbury et al., (2011) documents for history and development of smelt fishery in Eastern Maritime provinces of Atlantic Canada.
ANALYSIS
Strengths
SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
< 6
Managers Compliance:
< 6
Fishers Compliance:
< 6
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