The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has initiated benchmark stock assessments for spot, Atlantic croaker, and red drum to be completed in 2024. The goals of the assessments are to evaluate the health of stocks along the Atlantic coast and inform management of these species. The Commission’s stock assessment process and meetings are open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data. The Commission welcomes the submission of data sources that will contribute to the goals of the assessments. This includes, but is not limited to, data on growth, maturation, migration, tagging, natural mortality, environmental impacts, abundance/biomass,…
Benchmark Stock Assessment Meeting
A meeting held during the development of a specie’s Benchmark Stock Assessment. Benchmark stock assessment development includes three types of workshops and a peer review. These workshops are open to the public and are guided by defining clear goals, products, and individual responsibilities for the participants involved. Participants include state and federal biologists and stock assessment scientists that make up the Commissions’ species technical committees and stock assessment subcommittees and Commission staff
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Black Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment will be peer‐reviewed over three days from January 18‐20, 2023 at the Commission’s office in Arlington, VA (1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200A‐N, Arlington, VA 22201). The assessment evaluates the status of the black drum population along the Atlantic coast and will inform the management of this species. This is the second coastwide stock assessment for black drum on the Atlantic coast and the first to incorporate new, improved recreational catch and effort data released by the Marine Recreational Information Program. This is also the first time the assessment…
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment will be peer-reviewed over several dates in late November and early December (November 28 and 30; December 1 and 5), via webinar. The benchmark assessment explored several new approaches for American eel, including a delay-difference model and some trend analyses, and developed an egg-per- recruit model. Additionally, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a pilot assessment of the ability to use a GIS-based habitat analysis to inform eel stock assessments. The Stock Assessment Subcommittee also explored several index-based methods for determining stock status and providing catch advice.…
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Arlington, VA – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold the Black Drum Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop at the Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA. The stock assessment will evaluate the health of the black drum stock and inform management of this species. The Commission’s stock assessment process and meetings are open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data*, when the public will be asked to leave the room. The July Stock Assessment Workshop will focus on evaluation of models developed to estimate stock status. Specifically, the stock assessment terms of reference below…
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