Fisheries Science Program

Stock Assessments (American eel, Atlantic croaker, Atlantic menhaden, Atlantic striped bass, coastal sharks, horseshoe crab, tautog)

Coordination and support of ASMFC science-based committees, including Committee on Economics and Social Sciences; the Assessment Science Committee; the Management and Science Committee; Ecological Reference Point Work Group; Risk & Uncertainty Work Group; and the fisheries-independent data collection and data management efforts of the Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program (SEAMAP)-South Atlantic and the Northeast Monitoring and Assessment Program (NEAMAP)

Stock assessments (American lobster, Atlantic croaker, black drum, Jonah crab, red drum, spot), stock assessment training, fish passage, fishing gear technology, interstate tagging

Oversees the activities of the Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) and coordinates the activities of the Commission’s Habitat Committee

Stock assessments (Atlantic menhaden, Atlantic striped bass, Atlantic sturgeon, bluefish, ecological reference points, northern shrimp, shad & river herring, tautog, weakfish), stock assessment training, recreational fishing surveys and analyses

Fisheries Science Program oversight, fisheries research coordination, peer reviews