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Review and Discuss Hypothetical Scenarios from Risk and Uncertainty Decision Tool (J. McNamee); Review Feedback from Law Enforcement Committee on Commercial Tagging Program (J. Snellbaker)
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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…
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This stock assessment is an update to the existing benchmark assessment for tautog (ASMFC 2015, ASMFC 2016); the previous assessment update was completed in 2017 (ASMFC 2017). This assessment updates the accepted statistical catch-at-age model for each region with commercial and recreational fishery catch data and indices of relative abundance from fishery-independent and fishery-dependent data…
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The Commission’s Tautog Management Board reviewed the results of 2021 Regional Stock Assessments Update, which found improvements in most regions. Stocks within the Long Island Sound (LIS) and Delaware/ Maryland/Virginia (DelMarVa) regions are not overfished, with improved stock status for both regions from the last assessment in 2017.
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Review 2021 Stock Assessment Update (N. Ares); Consider Management Response to 2021 Stock Assessment Update (W. Hyatt) Possible Action; Review and Provide Feedback on Risk and Uncertainty Decision Tool for Tautog (J. McNamee); Develop Guidance for Law Enforcement Committee Review of Commercial Tagging Program (K. Rootes-Murdy)
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The Tautog Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened via webinar; Monday, October 18, 2021, and was called to order at 1:30 p.m. by Chair William Hyatt.
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This document provides an overview of the 2021 stock assessment update for tautog (Tautoga onitis), which includes four regional stock assessments. The update uses the assessment methodology that was approved for management use as part of the 2016 Regional Benchmark Stock Assessment and subsequently used in the 2017 update.
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