S. Atlantic halibut by Jon Brodziak and Laurel Col 1.0 Background
The Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) is distributed from Labrador to southern New England in the northwest Atlantic (Bigelow and Schroeder 1953). The Atlantic halibut stock within Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank waters (NAFO Subarea 5) has been exploited since the 1830s. The Gulf of Maine-Geo...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.185.1708 http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/crd/crd0513/pdfs/garm2005s.pdf |
| Summary: | The Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) is distributed from Labrador to southern New England in the northwest Atlantic (Bigelow and Schroeder 1953). The Atlantic halibut stock within Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank waters (NAFO Subarea 5) has been exploited since the 1830s. The Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank Atlantic halibut stock was last assessed in 2002 (Brodziak 2002). Based on that assessment, the stock was overfished (B2001 was 7 % of BMSY) and it was unknown whether overfishing was occurring. In this report, we update the Atlantic halibut assessment using fishery data and available survey data for 2002-2004. Updated survey biomass indices are used for stock status determination. |
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