Tautog Regional Stock Assessment Update with Appendices — 2021

Stock status in 2020 varied by region but was generally improved from the 2016 update. In the Massachusetts-Rhode Island (MARI) region, the Long Island Sound (LIS) region, and the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region, the stock was not overfished and overfishing was not occurring. In the New Jersey-New York Bight (NJ-NYB) region, overfishing was not occurring, but…