22002 REVIEW OF THE ASMFC FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLAN

• Main Authors: For Red Drum, The Red, Drum Plan, Review Team, Joseph C. Desfosse, Ph. D, Atlantic States, Marine Fisheries Commission, Roger Pugliese, South Atlantic, Fishery Management Council
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Red drum
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.5766; http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/reddrum2002fmpreview.pdf

Florida to Maine implement plan requirements to prevent development of northern markets for southern fish. This action was the first of two revisions to the 1984 plan. In 1990, the Council adopted an FMP for red drum which established a definition of overfishing and optimum yield consistent with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. With adoption of this plan, the Council prohibited the harvest of red drum in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Council FMP, in recognition that all harvest would take place in state waters, recommended to the states that they implement measures necessary to provide the target level of escapement. The moratorium on harvest of red drum in the EEZ remains in effect. Acknowledging the actions taken by the Council, the Commission undertook efforts to update its FMP to be consistent with the Council plan. This was the second revision of the plan and occurred with Amendment 1 in 1991. The goal of Amendment 1 was to attain optimum yield from the fishery over time. Optimum yield was defined as the amount of harvest that could be taken while maintaining the spawning stock biomass per recruit (SSBR) level at or above 30 % of the level that would result if fishing mortality was zero. However, as a result of a lack of adequate information on the status of the adult stock, escapement rates of sub-adult red drum into the adult population were used as a proxy for SSBR.