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V Subject to change as new information becomes available. 



y CAFSAC=Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Scientific Assessment Committee. 



y Constant recruitment is defined as a constant, average number of 

 new recruits to the fish stock becoming available to the fishery 

 each year. Even though the actual number may vary from year to 

 year around this value, the long-term average v/culd be maintained. 

 Fq ^ is that level of fishing at which the estimated increase in 

 total catch that would be produced by adding an additional unit of 

 fishing effort is lO percent of the increase produced by adding 

 the same unit of fishing effort to the fishery during its 

 initial phases of exploitation. (Fishing at Fq_^ may not produce 

 the maximum possible yield in any particular year, but it reduces 

 the risk of overfishing and stock depletion due to unexpected 

 declines in recruitment- of young fish to a stock or other unforseen 

 developments. ) 



4/ MSY=Maximum sustainable yield. 

 5/ TAC=Total allowable catch. 



^— Subiru fteuneary 



CANADA 



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