Rainbow smelt
Eastern New Brunswick
Profile updated on 1 August 2024
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
No related analysis
SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
< 6
Managers Compliance:
< 6
Fishers Compliance:
< 6
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