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This document presents a summary of the 2019 stock assessment update for weakfish. This assessment update used the new, calibrated estimates of recreational catch from the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) and added three more years of data to the benchmark assessment model.
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Total Mortality Exceeds Threshold; Overfishing is not Occurring
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The Weakfish Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Wentworth Ballroom of the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel, New Castle, New Hampshire; Tuesday, October 29, 2019, and was called to order at 2:15 o’clock p.m. by Chairman John Clark.
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The Bayesian statistical catch-at-age assessment model for weakfish was updated with data through 2017. This included the new, calibrated MRIP estimates of recreational catch for the entire time series.
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2019 Stock Assessment Update (E. Levesque); Presentation of 2019 Assessment Update Report; Consider Management Response to Stock Assessment Update (J. Clark) Possible Action; Consider Approval of 2019 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance (M. Schmidtke Action
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Move to task the Technical Committee to review weakfish discard data from the Northeast Federal Observer Program and from vessel trip reports (VTRs), analyze landings data to see if the occurrences of commercial trips approaching the 100-lb trip limit have increased, and to characterize the fisheries with substantial weakfish discards to see if different trip…
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