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Report on the snow crab industry in the Atlantic Provinces and in Quebec

Title

Report on the snow crab industry in the Atlantic Provinces and in Quebec : report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans

Title Variants

Alternative: Rapport sur le secteur du crabe des neiges dans les provinces de l'Atlantique et au Québec, rapport du comité permanent des pêches et des océans

By

Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.

Weston, Rodney, 1964-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Ottawa], Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, 2011

Notes

Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program (Weekly checklist 2011-44).

"41st Parliament, 1st Session".

"October 2011".

Contents: Introduction -- Background. Snow crab biology ; Description of the fishery ; Development of the snow crab fishery ; Assessment of the snow crab biomass ; Pricing and marketing of snow crab -- The 2010 management decision for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Applying the precautionary approach to the management of the snow crab fishery ; Scientific stock assessment and the management of the fishery ; Management of Area 19 snow crab fishery ; Decision-making process, stakeholder consultation and timing of communicating the decisions -- Resource sharing arrangements -- Impacts of the management decision for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence -- Overcapacity in the fishery -- Intergenerational transfer of the fishing effort -- Processing and marketing of snow crab -- Conclusion -- List of recommendations -- List of witnesses -- List of briefs -- Request for government response.

Text in English and French on inverted pages.