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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
Profile updated on 4 December 2015
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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