A 2021 update to the benchmark stock assessment for American lobster, which provides the most recent information on the status of U.S. American lobster stocks.

The 2020 benchmark stock assessment for American lobster provides the most recent information on the status of U.S. American lobster stocks.

An independent peer review of the American lobster stock assessment was conducted via webinar from August 10-14, 2020.

The Board reviewed the results of the stock assessment and the peer review report in August 2015 and approved the benchmark assessment for management use. The Board is now considering the implications of combining the GOM and GBK biological stocks as well as the continued low abundance and recruitment in SNE.

In June 2015, the Commission convened a Stock Assessment Review Panel comprised of scientists with expertise in stock assessment methods, length-based modeling, commercial fisheries sampling and fishery-independent surveys, and lobster life history and ecology.

The Terms of Reference and Advisory Report provides summary information concerning the American Lobster Stock Assessment and results of the external peer review to evaluate the accuracy of data and assessment methods.

Stock Assessment Report No. 09-01 (Supplement) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission American Lobster Stock Assessment Report for Peer Review

The Terms of Reference and Advisory Report provides summary information concerning the American lobster stock assessment and results of the external peer review to evaluate the accuracy of the data and assessment methods for this species.

Stock Assessment Report No. 06-03 (Supplement) of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission American Lobster Stock Assessment for Peer Review

Special Report No. 82 of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

The Terms of Reference and Advisory Report provides summary information concerning the American lobster stock assessment and results of the external peer review to evaluate the accuracy of the data and assessment methods for this species. Specific details of the assessment are documented in a supplemental report entitled American Lobster Stock Assessment Report for Peer…

Results of the assessment show that despite recent increases in landings and fishing effort , fishing mortality rates declined and abundance increased during the last 10 years in the stock area as a whole.