This document presents a summary of the 2022 simulation and 2024 benchmark stock assessments for red drum. This two-part assessment process was recommended by the Commission’s Assessment Science Committee and Red Drum Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SAS) to address uncertainties experienced in previous assessments.
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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Appendices for Model Structure; Diagnostic plots, detailed results, and projections for the base model and sensitivity run; and Hybrid Selectivity and Projections
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The time series of striped bass removals and indices from the 2022 assessment update were extended to include data from 2022-2023. Total removals from 2022-2023 averaged 6.18 million fish, a 20% increase from 2021, the terminal year of the last assessment.
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The River Herring Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report is divided into three sections: River Herring Benchmark Stock Assessment Peer Review; River Herring Benchmark Stock Assessment; and Appendices
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This document presents a summary of the 2024 benchmark stock assessment for alewife and blueback herring, collectively referred to as river herring. The assessment was peer-reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) external peer review process. This assessment is the latest and best information available on the status of the US river herring for fisheries management.
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The 2024 Atlantic Sturgeon Stock Assessment Update is an update to the 2017 Atlantic Sturgeon Benchmark Stock Assessment that was peer-reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts through the Commission’s Peer Review process.
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The purpose of this assessment was to update the 2017 Atlantic Sturgeon Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report (ASMFC 2017) with recent data from 2016-2022.
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This assessment of the Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) stock is a management track assessment of the existing 2022 management track assessment conducted using the ASAP model. Based on the previous assessment, the stock was overfished but overfishing was not occurring. This assessment updated fishery catch data, survey indices, life history parameters (e.g., weights-at-age), and the ASAP assessment model and reference points (BRPs) through 2023. No significant changes were made to the methods in this assessment.
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This assessment of the Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) stock is a Level-2 2024 management track assessment which updates the 2023 research track assessment model using the WHAM framework to fit a spatially explicit model specified for two regions, North or South of Hudson Canyon.
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