Gulf of Maine Winter Flounder Operational Assessment — 2017

This assessment of the Gulf of Maine winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) stock is an operational assessment of the existing 2015 operational assessment area-swept assessment (NEFSC 2015). 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,…