An Evaluation of Fishery and Environmental Effects on the Population Structure and Recruitment Levels of Ocean Shrimp (Pandalus jordani) Through 2017, Information Report 2018-08

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Citation

Originator: Groth, Scott D. and Robert W. Hannah

Publish Date: 2018

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Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Periodically evaluating the effects of fishing and the environment on population structure and recruitment is critical to assuring sustainability in a fishery. Oregon’s ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani) trawl fishery is managed as a sustainable fishery and was the first shrimp fishery certified as “sustainable” by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). In accordance with MSC recommendations, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) published reports in 2014 and 2016 evaluating population structure and recruitment effects for ocean shrimp, for the purpose of documenting ongoing monitoring and analysis (Hannah and Jones 2014, Hannah and Jones 2016). In this report, we build on previous work by adding the most recent two years of data and discuss new issues that affect the ocean shrimp stock and fishery. These long term datasets and analyses provide us metrics that allow us to have confidence in the sustainability of Oregon’s ocean shrimp fishery.

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Time Period of Content: 1966-2017

Geographic Extent: Oregon

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

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