Gulf of Maine Winter Flounder Assessment Update Report — 2020

This assessment of the Gulf of Maine winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) stock is a management track assessment of the existing 2017 area-swept operational assessment (NEFSC 2017). Based on the previous assessment the biomass status is unknown but overfishing was not occurring. This assessment updates commercial and recreational fishery catch data, research survey indices of abundance,…