Stock Assessment Reports
Scientific evaluations of fish stock status, providing critical data on population sizes, health, and trends to inform management decisions.
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This document provides an update to the 2012 benchmark assessment of river herring (alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, and blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis) stocks of the U.S. Atlantic Coast from Maine through Florida (ASMFC 2012). It was prepared by the River Herring Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Shad and River Herring Technical Committee (TC).
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Status of River Herring in state-specific references
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This document presents a summary of an update to the 2012 benchmark stock assessment for alewife and blueback herring, collectively referred to as river herring. An update of a stock assessment includes applying the peer‐reviewed, and Management Board‐accepted benchmark assessment approaches to recent data. This update includes additional data from 2011‐2015 and is the latest and best information available on the status of the Atlantic river herring fisheries management.
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This document presents a summary of the 2017 Stock Assessment Update for Atlantic menhaden. The assessment is an update to the 2015 Benchmark Stock Assessment
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The purpose of this assessment was to update the 2015 Atlantic menhaden benchmark stock assessment (SEDAR 2015) with recent data from 2014‐2016.
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Although the current stock status could not be inferred with confidence, the Panel noted that the models generally suggested spawning biomass was increasing. Therefore, the Panel agreed no immediate management actions are required.
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Panel agrees that recent removals are likely sustainable (i.e., unlikely to result in further depletion of Atlantic croaker), and no immediate management actions are required.
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