B. GEORGES BANK ATLANTIC COD ASSESSMENT SUMMARY FOR 2012 State of Stock: The Georges Bank cod stock is overfished and overfishing is occurring (Figure
B1). Spawning stock biomass (SSB) in 2011 is estimated to be 13,216 mt which is 7 % of the SSBmsy (186,535 mt) (Figure B1). The 2011 fully recruited fishing mortality (ages 5+) is estimated to be 0.43 which is more than twice as high as the Fmsy (0.18) (Figure B1). This benchmark assessment is based...
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