Catches from fish populations managed within U.S. waters have fluctuated substantially over the last century and in many cases have declined precipitously, creating serious economic, social, and ...

A simple fish stock assessment model applied to over 500 years of catch data demonstrated that if Canadian authorities had allowed for the rebuilding of the stock of northern Atlantic cod off ...

The Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public webinar on the development of a new Blue Crab stock assessment. Scientists will share updates on the assessment process, data being used, and ...

Finding: Stock assessments do not always provide enough information to evaluate data quality and estimate model parameters. The committee concluded that stock assessments are sometimes incomplete and ...