Jonah Crab Data Update through 2024 — January 2026

The 2023 Jonah Crab Benchmark Stock Assessment determined that the abundance of three of four Jonah crab stocks (Offshore Southern New England or OSNE, Inshore Gulf of Maine or IGOM, and Offshore Gulf of Maine or OGOM) has not been depleted to historical lows observed in the 1980s and 1990s. Data were insufficient to make…