Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee Report on Methodologies for Determining the Appropriate Stock Quota — April 2003

The Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee held a meeting on April 23, 2003 in Warwick, RI to address the Board’s charge. The purpose of the meeting was to reexamine Dr. Rago’s and Dr. Pierce’s methodologies for determining the appropriate quota for the 2003-2004 spiny dogfish fishery. The methodologies were evaluated to determine if a constant fishing…