Canadian Scotia-Fundy Inshore Mobile Gear Groundfish Fishery

Management
Country: 
Canada
Program Start Date: 
1991
Management Authority: 
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Management Oversight: 
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Region: 
Americas
Large Marine Ecosystem: 
Scotian Shelf
Species Information
Common name Fish type Genus Species
Cod Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Gadus morhua
Haddock Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Pollock Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Pollachius virens
Redfish Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish, Deepwater & Arctic Sebastes marinus
Winter flounder Finfish - Benthic, Demersal, Groundfish Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Fishing Mortality Control: 
Total Allowable Catch
Program Attributes
Approach: 
Quota-Based
Program Type: 
Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
Species: 
Multi-species
Number of species: 
5
Marine or Freshwater: 
Marine
Fishing Rights Holder: 
Individual
Tenure of Shares: 
Unknown
Secure: 
Yes
Transferable: 
Yes
Monitoring Requirements: 
Unknown
Gear Type: 
Unknown
Participation
Initial Allocation Method: 
Unknown