Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is performing a consultation process on Atlantic redfish, with the future of the fishery at stake.
Even with a full-scale fishing season still at least a year away, Canadian harvesters are already battling over who will have access to the fishery.
A large-scale commercial season for redfish – S. norvegicus, also known as ocean perch or Atlantic redfish – hasn’t existed in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence since 1995, when the population of the species collapsed and a fishing moratorium was imposed. Even as recently as 2010, the species was still considered threatened, according to the CBC.
However, a sudden rebound of the species thanks to three extremely productive year-classes will likely allow for a full commercial harvest of the species within the next few years.
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