The purpose of this assessment is to update the 2019 Horseshoe Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment (ASMFC 2019) with recent data from 2018-2022 and evaluate the current status of horseshoe crabs along the US Atlantic coast. This coastwide assessment is different from the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Framework, which evaluates the population in the Delaware Bay and recommends harvest with consideration for migratory shorebirds.
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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Updated 2024
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Updated 2024
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Updated 2024
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Report of the Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) Research Track Stock Assessment Working Group. November 20, 2023.
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Updated 2024
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Updated with information from NEFSC. 2022. 2022 Management Track Peer Review Panel Report and Atlantic Herring 2022 Management Track Assessment Report.
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This document summarizes the 2022 Stock Assessment Update for Atlantic herring, which was completed by NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and peer-reviewed in June 2022.
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The traffic light analysis of 2023 data indicated no improvement in status, with indices of abundance, spawning stock biomass, and recruitment at new time-series lows. Recruitment has been below the 20th percentile of the 1984-2017 reference period in 9 of the last 11 years. Recent environmental conditions continue to be unfavorable for Gulf of Maine northern shrimp.
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