Canada Coldwater Shrimp

International Coldwater Prawn Meeting

Copenhagen, Nov 12th, 2015

Presented by: Dennis Coates & Keith Sullivan

Content: Canadian Shrimp Fishery On Shore Processing Overview Processing Factories NL Processing Factories NS, NB & QC Canada Quotas & Landings (Inshore / Offshore) Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery North East NL Shrimp Zones, Quotas, Catch Gulf of St. Lawrence Shrimp Zones, Quotas, Catch Scotia Fundy Shrimp Zones, Quota, Catch Science Outlook

Canadian Shrimp Fishery

• 2014 Landings of 131,036 MT with an export value of $694,000,000 – Export value increase from 2013 of $166 Million

• 2015 Landings higher with a slight TAC increase and export value expected to be higher with significantly improved market prices.

• Northern Shrimp: 17 Offshore licenses and approximately 300 inshore.

• Gulf: Approximately 100 licence holders. • Scotian Shelf 35 licenses (92% mobile, 8% trap)

Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery

• Value – Approximately $1 Billion annually (all species).

• Shrimp consistently highest volume and second most valuable fishery, behind snow crab.

• Both “offshore” and “inshore” fisheries – Offshore: >35m vessels; primarily supply shell-on

markets in Asia, Russia, and Europe.

– Inshore: 20m vessels; supply fresh product primarily for cooked and peeled markets in Europe and NA.

– Inshore fleet are members of FFAW|Unifor

Northern Shrimp: - Began exclusively with offshore

from 1978-1996 - Now Inshore (fresh landings) and

Offshore (FAS landings) - Quota peaked at 180,000 MT in

2009 and at 129,000 MT in 2015

Gulf Shrimp: - Began in 1965 and continues

today, exclusively to inshore - Quota peaked at 37,000 MT in

2010 and at 31,500 in 2015

Scotian Shelf Shrimp: - Began in 1960s and continues

today mainly as inshore with small FAS effort.

- Quota peaked at 5,500 MT in 2000 and at 4,500 in 2015

North East Newfoundland Shrimp Zones

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch

Inshore 77,546

40,859

59,463

49,054

46,510

44,354

47,955

45,749

46,002

45,831

34,130

34,350

32,339 32,000

Offshore 99,322

68,049

93,312

73,714

88,024

100,403

87,308

66,868

89,259

76,456

82,452

85,000

80,436 82,000

Gulf of St. Lawrence Shrimp Zones

Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch

Gulf Shrimp 37,016 35,983 36,917 36,300 35,115 34,264 32,848 31,981 33,000 32,166 30,646 28,991 31,549 30,731

20152009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Scotia Fundy Shrimp Zones

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Quota Catch Scotia Fundy

5,000

4,582

4,600

4,358

4,200

3,663

3,800

3,602

4,500

3,782

4,500

4,500

Province # Plants # Peelers # vessels (Inshore)

# Vessels (Offshore)

NL 10 70 300 8

NS 2 12 32 4

NB 2 12 18 0

QC 4 28 40 0

18 122 390 12

Canada Shrimp Industry (At-Sea & On-Shore Capacity)

Charlottetown, LFUSC

Black Duck Cove, Quinlan/Quinsea

St. Anthony, Clearwater/SABRI

Port Aux Choix, Ocean Choice

Anchor Point, Barry Group

Bay De Verde Quinsea

Old Perlican Quinlan Bros.

Clarenville, Barry Group

Fogo, Fogo Island Coop Twillingate, Pike Group/Eveliegh

Canada C&P Factories - NL

Matane, Royal Greenland

Rivière-au-Griffon, La Crevette de Nord Atlantique

St. Anne Des Monts, Crustaces De Monts

Rivière-au-Renard, Pecheries Marinard Ltd.

Lamèque, Island Fishermen COOP Caraquet, Belle Baie

Arichat, Premium/Ocean Choice

North Sydney, Louisburg Seafoods

Canada C&P Factories – NS, NB & QC

0

10.000

20.000

30.000

40.000

50.000

60.000

70.000

80.000

90.000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

14.812 13.330 14.004

19.561

13.880 11.062

10.401

3.449

7.370

8.846

8.488

5.683

11.048

9.966 5.547

5.592

9.508

7.863

4.057

3.611 2.197

2.369 2.308

852

343

671 832

1.327 1.201

1.593

25.130

23.712 22.154

19.478

9.879

0

1.863

1.038 1.580

1.113

813

1.063

3.596

3.073 3.139

3.219

1.785

98

198

287 177

140

207

239

1.437

1.542 1.606

1.265

1.417

848

8.555

4.591 5.392

4.641

5.875

4.353

Canda FAS Shell On Export Market (MT)

China Denmark Iceland Japan Morocco Russian Federation Thailand Ukraine United States Viet Nam Other

0

5.000

10.000

15.000

20.000

25.000

30.000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD-July-2015

172 134 488 1.442 1.995

286

5.097

10.202

6.834

7.076 7.078

3.583

202

95

21

158 92

3

1.700

1.184

633

523 453

90

331

254

77

105 299

49

1.011

932

582

1.492 1.210

21

321

470

720

908 677

139

1.028

1.211

665

571 1.257

231

5.561

7.120

6.424

9.280

10.416

6.527

2.460

2.293

1.815

2.144

2.089

767

763

872

1.450

1.089

1.711

186

Canada Frozen C&P Exports (MT)

China Denmark France Germany Japan Netherlands Norway Sweden United Kingdom United States Other

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100

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SFA 4 Pandalus borealis Total Biomass Indices

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16.000

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SFA 4 P. borealis Catches and

TACs

A - Total Catch and TAC

2014/15 Season

TAC = 14,971 t

Catch = 14,970 t

SFA 5 Catches and TACs

A - Total Catch and TAC

2014/15 Season

TAC = 20,970 t

Catch = 17,273 t

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SFA 6 Pandalus borealis

Catches and TACs

A - Total Catch and TAC

2014/15 Season

TAC = 48,196 t

Catch = 39, 496 t

Northern Shrimp in Division 3LNO

Northern Shrimp in Division 3M

Latest Scotian Shelf Science Advice, Nov 2014

• Based on the survey, the total biomass estimate of 39,381 (95% confidence interval 32,435- 46,328) mt remained approximately stable at a high level in 2014, decreasing only 1.5% from 2013.

• Although the stock is expected to continue to gradually decline in 2015, the high fishable and

spawning stock biomass in 2014 suggests that a status quo TAC will not exceed the removal reference in 2015. However, given the small size of the 2009-2012 year classes, reactive TAC reductions will be required if the stock declines towards to the Cautious Zone.

Latest Gulf Scientific Advice

Main stock status indicator by year and limit (LRP) and upper (USR) stock reference points for each fishing area. All four stocks in the Gulf are in the healthy zone!