Science needs and approaches for improved stock assessment, ecosystem management, and marine spatial planning

"This document describes the results of two workshops sponsored by NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS Office of Science and Technology and the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission. These workshops, held in response to the Deepwater Horizon Incident, were intended to evaluate the status of fishery-independent surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. A small planning workshop was held in Miami on the 25 to 27 of August, 2010. The second workshop, held on the 23 and 24 of September 2010 in St. Petersburg, Florida, was a larger gathering of academics, state representatives, non-governmental organizations, U.S. and Mexican federal scientists, and private industry representatives. These workshops were not intended to develop a consensus view, but were instead based on the model of a 'think tank' to collect ideas for further consideration"--Executive summary. [doi:10.7289/V5D50K11 ( http://doi.org/10.7289/V5D50K11 )]

http://doi.org/10.7289/V5D50K11

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