The Saguenay Fjord winter recreational groundfish fishery . : Fs70-6/2017-003E-PDF

“The winter recreational fishery in the Saguenay Fjord took off in the early 1980s. It is unique in Quebec because of its size and the variety of species caught in the area. Its socio-economic benefits help drive the area’s tourism industry. As a result of the growing interest in this recreational and tourism activity in the mid-1990s, several stakeholders are now concerned about resource conservation and sustainable development of this fishery. In this context, a monitoring program was launched in 1995 involving various parties including: Saguenay Fjord fishermen associations and committees, Promotion Saguenay, Société des établissements de plein air du Québec and the Parks Canada Agency, which co-manage the Saguenay–St. Lawrence Marine Park, as well as Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The main groundfish species caught in this winter recreational fishery are, in order of importance, Redfish, Atlantic Cod, Greenland Cod and Greenland Halibut. Recent scientific studies have found that marine fish in the Saguenay Fjord are sink populations whose recruitment depends on the arrival of juveniles from the St. Lawrence Estuary. A resource assessment is performed every two years, and the main indicators are based on winter recreational fishery data and abundance indices from a DFO research survey. This assessment was prepared in response to a request by Fisheries Management regarding the status of the winter recreational groundfish fishery in the Saguenay Fjord. This fishery is currently managed by way of a fishing season and daily catch limits"--Context, p. [1].

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