Addendum Establishes Procedures to Address Delayed Implementation of Required Fisheries Management Measures
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Addendum Calls for Additional Restrictions in Delaware Bay Region
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Addendum Establishes New Biological Reference Points and Enhances Data Collection Requirements
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Amendment Aims to Maintain High Abundance While Balancing Stakeholder Needs & Ecosystem Functions
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Arlington, VA – The 2006 peer-reviewed stock assessment report indicates the tautog resource continues to be at low biomass levels. Since the mid-1980s tautog has undergone a substantial decrease in biomass and remains at a low level of abundance. Total stock biomass has been stable since 1999. Since the plan does not define a specific biomass target, it cannot be determined if the population is overfished. With the 2003 fishing mortality rate of 0.30 exceeding the plan target of 0.29, the stock assessment concluded that overfishing is occurring. The Peer Review Panel concluded that the coastwide assessment currently provides the…
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Total Abundance, Female Spawning Stock Biomass and Recruitment Remain High
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Section Tentatively Sets 2007 Fishing Season for Same Duration
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Stable Abundance for Georges Bank & Most of Gulf of Maine Low Stock Abundance & Recruitment for Southern New England, Decreased Abundance & Recruitment for Area 514 (MA Bay and Stellwagen Bank)
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