Report of the Quality Assurance/Quality Control Fish Ageing Workshop — 2026

The objectives of the 2026 workshop were to: (1) Age samples collected and prepared from labs along the Atlantic coast for Atlantic menhaden, cobia, spot, striped bass, tautog, and winter flounder; (2) Identify areas of inconsistency that persist for processing or reading ageing structures; (3) Provide information on ageing error for each species to inform…