{ "culture": "en-CA", "name": "Atlantic_Herring_Abundance_in_Placentia_Bay", "guid": "BDC6ADF1-1179-4AC3-8F45-D24EBFC90C9F", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "This project was completed by the Pelagics Section in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). /Ce projet a été mené à bien par la Section des pélagiques de la Direction des sciences de Pêches et des Océans (MPO) de la région de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.", "description": "
This project was completed by the Pelagics Section in the Newfoundland and Labrador Science Branch of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). As part of the Coastal Environmental Baseline Program, a historical research gillnet program was reinitiated in Placentia Bay. Four local fishers each set fleets of standardized nets to catch herring for 6 weeks during the spring. The data collected was used to update a time series and provide advice at the herring stock assessment in October 2022.\u202f This program was continued in the 22/23 fiscal year. Data collected from this program included gillnet catch rates, bycatch, temperature and biological (herring) samples; from which biological metrics such as length, weight, sex, maturity and age were measured. This record contains catch data for 2018 to 2021, as well as biological data from 2018.<\/SPAN><\/P>