American Shad Stock Assessment Peer Review Report — 1998

Given the pronounced drop in coastwide shad landings and stock abundance from several Atlantic coast rivers after 1990, a revised stock assessment is clearly warranted to determine the root cause(s) of the recent shad declines along the Atlantic coast. In this report, the Shad Stock Assessment Subcommitee (SSAS) estimated an overfishing definition (F30), stock trends,…