Fisheries committee  When it comes to shrimp, species-specific research needs to be done to determine the impact of rockfish predation on shrimp. We know the impact of seal predation on the cod fishery. There has been a cod moratorium for over 20 years and our fishers are afraid shrimp will suffer th

Fisheries committee  Good morning, everyone. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss science at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as it pertains to shrimp fishing in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. My name is Eda Roussel. I am a fisheries advisor at the Fédération régi

Fisheries committee  Okay. The survey helps describe shrimp distribution, estimate stock abundance and understand the dynamics of the shrimp population. In recent years, there has been a discrepancy between fishery indices and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans survey data. In 2012, the Fisher