Main TitleBenchmark Stock Assessments: Data and Assessment Workshop and Peer Review Process
PublisherAtlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)
Date Created2005-06-01
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical) Country: New York State: New Jersey County: Delaware
Subject (Topical)community awareness; environmental data; environmental monitoring; fish; fisheries; habitats; rivers; water resources; fish population; stock assessment; peer review
DescriptionIn 1996, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission was mandated to "implement a process for the peer review of fish population models upon which fishery management decisions are based." The purpose of the Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Process is to: (1) validate the credibility of the scientific basis for management; (2) improve the quality of Commission stock assessments; (3) ensure that stock assessments for all species managed by the Commission periodically undergo a formal peer review; and (4) improve public understanding of fisheries stock assessments. The definition of stock assessment utilized in this report includes data compilation and analysis, model development, and parameter estimation.
NoteRevises and replaces September 2002 revision, and October 1998 1st Printing.
NoteA publication of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission pursuant to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Award Nos. NA04NMF4740186 and NA05NMF4741025.
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