Stock Assessment Report No. 09-01 (Supplement) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission American Lobster Stock Assessment Report for Peer Review
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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The 48th SAW Assessment Summary Report contains summary and detailed technical information on three stock assessments reviewed in June 2009 at the Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) by the 48th Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC-48): golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps), ocean quahog (Arctica islandica), and weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
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This document presents a basic summary of the 2009 red drum stock assessment. The assessment, which was peer‐reviewed through the SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) process, represents the latest and best information on the status of Atlantic coast red drum stocks and provides the scientific basis for continued management of the species
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The following report presents the results of the Technical Committee’s 2009 stock assessment.
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A report prepared by the Atlantic Striped Bass Technical Committee. Accepted for management use November 2009
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Relative to the biological reference points proposed by the working group in the 2005 SARC, the bluefish stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring (½BMSY =73,526 MT; FMSY = 0.19). This conclusion is based on a 2007 biomass estimate of 153,843 MT and F=0.15 from the ASAP model results.
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The current assessment of the Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) stock complex of winter flounder is an update of the previous assessment completed in 2005 at GARM2 (NEFSC 2005).
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Gulf of Maine winter flounder was assessed in GARM II with ADAPT VPA model with catch through 2004 (NEFSC 2005). The GARM II assessment concluded that the stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring.
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Prepared October 28, 2008 by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Technical Committee
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