Fisheries and Oceans Canada will not seek to cull the striped bass population in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.recently released a decision on commercial and recreational striped bass fishing regulations for 2024 that does not include measures to significantly reduce the species’ population. requesting that it significantly increase the commercial and recreational fisheries with a target of reducing the striped bass population by 80 per cent to 100,000 spawners.
“Smolt leave the river system at precisely the time when half a million predatory striped bass aggregate in the estuary to stage for spawning. During the last two springs , less than five per cent of acoustically tagged smolt from the northwest Miramichi survived through the estuary.” A handful of scientists, meanwhile, argued for caution, saying that targeting a species for a dramatic reduction without firm proof it is responsible could have unforeseen consequences for the ecosystem.
Lebouthillier opted to maintain the lone striped bass commercial fishery in the southern Gulf, pursued by the Eel Ground First Nation near the mouth of the Miramichi River, at 50,000 fish for 2024, the same it has been at since 2018.
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