The ASMFC winter flounder Technical Committee met June 1-2, 1993 to review new data and to standardize methods for quantifying measures for compliance with the Plan target of F30 which states must implement by Jan 1, 1995. The Committee met again in August to review each states proposed management strategy for achieving F3O.
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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In this report, the current status of 15 river herring stocks located between New Brunswick, Canada, and North Carolina was assessed with long-term commercial catch-effort, age composition, fishing mortality, and relative population abundance data.
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The study described herein was undertaken to investigate the trends in ocean harvest of shad and river herring for each Atlantic coastal state from 1978 to 1988, and present recommendations to enhance management options.
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In this study, we used the Shepherd stock-recruitment (S-R) model to estimate maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and the maximum sustainable fishing rates (Fmsy) of 12 Atlantic coast shad stocks with long-term commercial catch-effort, age composition and mortality data.
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