This document presents a summary of the 2012 benchmark stock assessment for alewife and blueback herring, collectively referred to as river herring.
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.
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Includes State/Jurisdiction-specific Stock Status Summaries
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Includes Terms of Reference & Advisory Report, Technical Committee Response to Peer Review Report, and Coastwide Assessment
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Winter Flounder Technical Committee conducted a winter flounder otolith aging comparison study in 1998, to measure interpretative consistency among four readers (Appendix I). Bias measured by this study related to systematic differences detected among comparisons between readers, but did not address accuracy relative to true age.
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The Section took emergency action to close the northern shrimp fishery on February 17, 2012. Because harvest had averaged about 400 mt per week and the fishery was known to have considerable late reporting, landings were projected to have already exceeded the total allowable catch (TAC) of 2,211 mt at the time of closure.
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The purpose of this document is to formalize the design and administration of the SATP, including definition of the program’s mission, goals, and expectations. A formalized program design captured in this guidance document will improve the functionality of the program and lead to greater benefits to ASMFC, its member agencies, and science based fishery management of Atlantic coast resources.
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