On the basis of a recommendation of the ASMFC Committee on Economics and Social Sciences, a short workshop to discuss the potential for using bioeconomic models to improve the information provided to Commission members as they make management decisions was held July 23-25, 2002. The objective of the meeting was to collect biological and economic data on the striped bass fishery and apply it to a simulation model developed by Lee Anderson to provide a real world example of how to build a bioeconomic model and to demonstrate what kind of results are possible.
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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Prepared October 30, 2002, by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Technical Committee
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The purpose of this report is to provide updated analyses on the current status of the Atlantic menhaden stock.
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The ASMFC Striped Bass stock assessment sub-committee and Technical Committee met in August 2001 to evaluate the status of the striped bass resource. The assessment includes the Hudson, Delaware, Chesapeake and mixed coastal stocks.
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This report serves as our primary documentation on the current status of Atlantic menhaden, and focus on the new benchmarks with their respective targets and thresholds identified in Amendment 1.
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The Terms of Reference and Advisory Report provides summary information concerning the American lobster stock assessment and results of the external peer review to evaluate the accuracy of the data and assessment methods for this species. Specific details of the assessment are documented in a supplemental report entitled American Lobster Stock Assessment Report for Peer Review.
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Results of the assessment show that despite recent increases in landings and fishing effort , fishing mortality rates declined and abundance increased during the last 10 years in the stock area as a whole.
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The following report presents the results of the Technical Committee’s 2000 stock assessment.
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