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 the geographical range of bluefish age samples and fill the gaps in the age-length key.
Ageing Research
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The purpose of the workshop was to compare methods in sectioning and reading otoliths from red drum and Atlantic croaker to establish common age interpretation methods coast wide.
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Testing the validity of Cating’s (1953) method for age determination of American shad using scales. Fisheries Research 30: 10-18.McBride, R.S., Hendricks, M.L., and Olney, J.E. (2005)
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Striped Bass Ageing Workshop, MA DMF Annisquam River Laboratory Gloucester, MA, March 18-19, 2003
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