Bluefish Assessment Summary — 2008

Relative to the biological reference points proposed by the working group in the 2005 SARC, the bluefish stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring (½BMSY =73,526 MT; FMSY = 0.19). This conclusion is based on a 2007 biomass estimate of 153,843 MT and F=0.15 from the ASAP model results.