This stock assessment is an update to the existing benchmark assessment for tautog (ASMFC 2015, ASMFC 2016); the previous assessment update was completed in 2017 (ASMFC 2017). This assessment updates the accepted statistical catch-at-age model for each region with commercial and recreational fishery catch data and indices of relative abundance from fishery-independent and fishery-dependent data sources through the terminal year of 2020.
Fisheries Science
Sustainable fisheries management depends on sound, timely scientific advice. The Fisheries Science Program delivers this through a rigorous, peer-reviewed stock assessment process, utilizing a mix of fishery-independent surveys and fishery-dependent monitoring, complemented by research from coastal state, federal, and academic institutions. The program also focuses on developing innovative scientific methods and enhancing state stock assessment capabilities, while coordinating and expanding collaborative research and data collection efforts.
-
-
-
Consider Recommendations for FY2022 Submitted Funding Proposals (J. Simpson) Action
-
This document provides an overview of the 2021 stock assessment update for tautog (Tautoga onitis), which includes four regional stock assessments. The update uses the assessment methodology that was approved for management use as part of the 2016 Regional Benchmark Stock Assessment and subsequently used in the 2017 update.
-
The in-person ageing workshop took place in December, 2019, at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries facility in Gloucester. Participants aged tautog opercula, spines, sectioned otoliths, and whole otoliths and ageing precision was evaluated using average percent error
-
-
Review ACCSP Funding Projections and 2022 Proposals Summary (G. White); Accountability Subgroup Report (J. Simpson); Discuss Atlantic Recreational Implementation Plan Priorities (G. White)
-
Updates on GARFO and NEFSC role in the offshore wind development process, including data exchange, regulatory process, survery mitigation, and research on interactions of offshore wind on NOAA trust resources
-
Cooperative interstate management of Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) in U.S. waters was first implemented in 2015 with the adoption of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP; ASMFC 2015). However, there has been no stock assessment of U.S. Jonah crab to date, stock status is unknown, and there has been limited science-based advice available to support management of Jonah crab fisheries
Get Hooked on ASMFC News
Dive into the latest updates and catch all the important news by joining our newsletter mailing list. Stay in the loop with meeting agendas, fisheries management news, and more.