Stock status in 2020 varied by region but was generally improved from the 2016 update. In the Massachusetts-Rhode Island (MARI) region, the Long Island Sound (LIS) region, and the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region, the stock was not overfished and overfishing was not occurring. In the New Jersey-New York Bight (NJ-NYB) region, overfishing was not occurring, but the stock was overfished, although spawning stock biomass (SSB) had increased since the previous update and was just below the SSB threshold.
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 stock assessment is an update to the existing benchmark assessment for tautog (ASMFC 2015, ASMFC 2016); the previous assessment update was completed in 2017 (ASMFC 2017). This assessment updates the accepted statistical catch-at-age model for each region with commercial and recreational fishery catch data and indices of relative abundance from fishery-independent and fishery-dependent data sources through the terminal year of 2020.
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This document provides an overview of the 2021 stock assessment update for tautog (Tautoga onitis), which includes four regional stock assessments. The update uses the assessment methodology that was approved for management use as part of the 2016 Regional Benchmark Stock Assessment and subsequently used in the 2017 update.
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Cooperative interstate management of Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) in U.S. waters was first implemented in 2015 with the adoption of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP; ASMFC 2015). However, there has been no stock assessment of U.S. Jonah crab to date, stock status is unknown, and there has been limited science-based advice available to support management of Jonah crab fisheries
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This document summarizes the 2020 assessment updates for the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) winter flounder stocks. Both assessments update the 2011 Benchmark Stock Assessments that were peer-reviewed by an independent panel of scientific experts at the 52nd Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop/ Stock Assessment Review Committee (SAW/SARC 52) meeting.
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This 2021 Management Track Assessment (MTA) of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) is an update through 2019 of the commercial and recreational fishery catch data and research survey indices of abundance. Assessment model estimates of stock size and fishing mortality are updated through 2019.
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This 2021 Management Track Assessment (MTA) of scup (Stenotomus chrysops) is an update through 2019 of the commercial and recreational fishery catch data and any available research survey indices of abundance. Assessment model estimates of stock size and fishing mortality are updated through 2019.
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This assessment of black sea bass (Centropristis striata) is an update through 2019 of commercial and recreational catch data, research survey and fishery-dependent indices of abundance, and the analyses of those data.
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A 2021 update to the benchmark stock assessment for American lobster, which provides the most recent information on the status of U.S. American lobster stocks.
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