Backward and forward projection models represent two common approaches to assessing fish population trends.
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 by the ASMFC Horseshoe Crab Stock Assessment Subcommittee
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The updated stock assessment was completed by adding catch and independent indices through 2012 to the previous 1982-2011 assessment. The result of the analysis shows that bluefish is not overfished or experiencing overfishing.
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From Research Priorities and Recommendations to Support Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management. ASMFC Special Report # 89.
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Updated June 2013
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Updated June 2013
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South Atlantic cobia has not been previously assessed under the SEDAR process. Historically, cobia has been overseen by the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel (MSAP) under the purview of the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan. The most recent assessment of South Atlantic cobia was done in 1995 (Thompson 1995).
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Spanish mackerel is not overfished; no rebuilding plan required.
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The 54th SARC was convened in Woods Hole at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, June 5 -9, 2012 to review benchmark stock assessments of: Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) and Southern New England Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder (Pleuronectes ferrugineus).
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