Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee Review of Assessment Triggers — August 2012

Amendment 1 to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Croaker directs the Atlantic Croaker Stock Assessment Subcommittee (SASC) to conduct a benchmark stock assessment every five years (ASMFC 2005). In each non-assessment year, the Atlantic Croaker Technical Committee (TC) is required to conduct a set of “trigger” exercises to review Atlantic croaker data. The…