Report on the snow crab industry in the Atlantic Provinces and in Quebec
Subtitle: report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
By: Rodney Weston
Contributors: Weston, Rodney, 1964-
Publisher: Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Ottawa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Snow crab fisheries; Populations; Crabes; Crabe des neiges; Fishery policy; Gestion; Fishery management; Industrie; Pêche commerciale
Other titles: Rapport sur le secteur du crabe des neiges dans les provinces de l'Atlantique et au Québec :
Notes: Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program (Weekly checklist 2011-44).

"41st Parliament, 1st Session".

"October 2011".

"The standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans has the honour to present its first report"--P. v (1st group).

Title screen viewed on November 22, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references.

Available also on the Internet in PDF format.

Text in English and French on inverted pages.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Background. Snow crab biology ; Description of the fishery ; Development of the snow crab fishery ; Assessment of the snow crab biomass ; Pricing and marketing of snow crab; title: The 2010 management decision for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Applying the precautionary approach to the management of the snow crab fishery ; Scientific stock assessment and the management of the fishery ; Management of Area 19 snow crab fishery ; Decision-making process, stakeholder consultation and timing of communicating the decisions; title: Resource sharing arrangements; title: Impacts of the management decision for the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence; title: Overcapacity in the fishery; title: Intergenerational transfer of the fishing effort; title: Processing and marketing of snow crab; title: Conclusion; title: List of recommendations; title: List of witnesses; title: List of briefs; title: Request for government response.