ML072060382

Asmfc Overview of Stock Status: Atlantic Striped Bass, Morone Saxatilis

ML072060382
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Site:	Oyster Creek
Issue date:	10/01/2006
From:	Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Davis J NRR/DLR/REBB, 415-3835
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Overview of Stock Status Atlantic Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis Atlantic Striped Bass Total Abundance and Female Spawning Stock Biomass Source: ASMFC Striped Bass Technical Committee, 2005 70 70 60 60

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Condition: Not overfished and overfishing is not occurring FMP Stock Rebuilding Goals:

Fishing Mortality Target = 0.30 Female SSB Target = 38.6 million pounds (17,510 mt)

Fishing Mortality Threshold = 0.41 Female SSB Threshold = 30.9 million pounds (14,016 mt)

FMP Status: Amendment 6, approved February 2003; established new biological reference points and includes triggers for Board action. In October 2006, the Board postponed final approval of Draft Addendum I, which proposes the establishment of a data collection program to assess the accuracy of current fishery discard estimates and their overall impact on the striped bass population. The Board will review a revised Draft Addendum II, which may include an angler education program and state incentives, in August 2007.

Primary Management Measures:

The commercial fishery is controlledthrough state-by-state quotas (for coastal and bay fisheries), minimum size limits, and seasons. The recreational fishery is managed through bag and size limits.

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