Report of the Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) Research Track Stock Assessment Working Group. November 20, 2023.
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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Updated 2024
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Updated with information from NEFSC. 2022. 2022 Management Track Peer Review Panel Report and Atlantic Herring 2022 Management Track Assessment Report.
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This document summarizes the 2022 Stock Assessment Update for Atlantic herring, which was completed by NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and peer-reviewed in June 2022.
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The traffic light analysis of 2023 data indicated no improvement in status, with indices of abundance, spawning stock biomass, and recruitment at new time-series lows. Recruitment has been below the 20th percentile of the 1984-2017 reference period in 9 of the last 11 years. Recent environmental conditions continue to be unfavorable for Gulf of Maine northern shrimp.
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The working group was formed in July 2021 and met over the following two years to address its terms of reference (TORs). This report represents consensus of the working group and includes contributions from working group members and participants.
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The Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report is divided into two sections: Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment Peer Review and Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment
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The 2023 benchmark stock assessment for Jonah crab provides the most recent information on the status of US Jonah crab stocks. The assessment is the first of US Jonah crab stocks and was peer-reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s external review process.
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