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Draft Addendum I for Final Approval Final Action
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The Bluefish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Presidential Ballroom of the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, February 8, 2012, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Jack Travelstead.
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The updated stock assessment was completed by adding catch and indices through 2010 to the previous 1982-2009 assessment. The result of the analysis shows that bluefish is not overfished or experiencing overfishing.
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At the behest of the ASMFC Bluefish Board, the Bluefish Technical Committee organized an ageing workshop to establish consistency and a common protocol of best ageing practices across state and university labs that process and read bluefish hard parts. Workshop participants also agreed to discuss the design of a coastwide sampling program intended to expand…
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The ASMFC Bluefish Stock Assessment Sub-Committee compiled the commercial, recreational data, and ageing information for use in updating the assessment. The majority of commercial sampling since 1997 occurred in North Carolina and Virginia, where a large proportion of the landings are taken.
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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. This conclusion is based on a 2008 biomass estimate of 163,727 MT and F=0.12 from the ASAP model results.
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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.
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Relative to the biological reference points proposed by the working group in the2005 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 2006 biomass estimate of 139,496 MT and F=0.15 from the ASAP model results.
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The Bluefish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Washington Room of the Doubletree Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, Wednesday morning, May 10, 2006, and was called to order at 8:30 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Robert Beal.
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The 41st SAW Assessment Summary Report contains summary and detailed technical information on the three assessments reviewed in June 2005 at the Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) by the 41st Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC-41): summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) and tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps).
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