The American Shad Stock Assessment Report analyzes the status of 31 stocks of American shad along the Atlantic coast. Due to the large volume of material contained within the report (1200+ pages), it is organized into three volumes. Volume III provides an in-depth exploration of American shad stock status by state or river system.
Stock Assessments
Scientific evaluations of fish stock status, providing critical data on population sizes, health, and trends to inform management decisions.
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Prepared October 31, 2007, by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Technical Committee
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In 2003 tautog experienced fishing mortality rates estimated on a coastwide basis (F=0.2999 yr-1) that were marginally above the management target (F=0.29 yr-1).
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The stock assessment was completed in February 2006. The assessment was submitted to the Commission and was evaluated through the Commission’s external peer review process on March 20-22, 2006 in Providence, RI.
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Tautog is currently experiencing fishing mortality rates, estimated on a coastwide basis, that are marginally above the management target.
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An update and peer review of the summer flounder assessment and reference points was conducted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Science and Technology (S&T) during September 14-15, 2006.
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The Section continued to require the use of a finfish excluder device known as the “Nordmore Grate” throughout the shrimp fishing season. The Section also maintained the requirement that made it unlawful to use mechanical “shaking” devices to cull, grade, or separate catches of shrimp.
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The horseshoe crab directed fishery independent surveys – the offshore trawl survey and the Delaware Bay spawning stock survey – are the most powerful fishery independent surveys for detecting trends in horseshoe crab abundance.
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Combined Canada and USA herring landings increased from 106,000 mt in 2002 to 110,000 mt in 2003, increased further to 115,000 mt in 2004, and declined to 105,000 mt in 2005.
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