To estimate those quotas, each population is fully assessed every five years, requiring a lot of time and effort by a team of at least five researchers working on the review of the previous stock assessments and data inputs, the processing and addition of new data, and development of a new assessment.

 

Every year, instead of a full assessment, a rapid update assessment is done for some of the stocks that were not assessed that year. A rapid update repeats the previous full assessment model, only updating data inputs, which significantly speeds up the required process to provide advice about stock status in the interim years between full stock assessments.

 

This document describes the operation of the stock assessment rapid update completed in 2024 for CRA 2 which can be used to guide management decisions.

 

For the beginning of the 2024–25 fishing year, red rock lobster in CRA 2 was estimated to be above sustainable levels and projected to be above reference levels in five years under current catch limits.

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Friday, 14 February 2025

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AUTHOR: Pons, M.; Webber, D.N.; Rudd, M.B.; Starr, P.J.; Roberts, J.;

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