The Northeast U.S. Regional Stock Assessment Workshop Process: Communicating With Fishery Managers ...

• Main Author: Smith, Terrence P.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: ASC 1999 - Q - Theme session 2024
• Subjects: Fisheries and aquaculture; Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.25637430; https://ices-library.figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_Northeast_U_S_Regional_Stock_Assessment_Workshop_Process_Communicating_With_Fishery_Managers/25637430

No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.A formal scientific peer-review-process-for evaluating-and-presenting -stock assessment results to managers has been in place since 1985 for fish stocks in the offshore US waters of the northwest Atlantic. The protocol, known as the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW), includes two levels of assessment peer review and presentations to the region's fishery management bodies. The first level of peer review is provided by SAW working groups that develop stock assessments and prepare working papers characterizing stock status. A second panel of stock assessment experts then reviews the working papers and accepts or rejects the tabled assessments. Finally, assessment summaries are delivered to the region's fishery management entities. The panel prepares two reports: a detailed 'Consensus Summary of Assessments' and a management summary 'Advisory Report on Stock Status'. Communication with the fishing industry and other constituent ...