Combined Canada and USA catches in 2016 were 44 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. The declining trend in survey biomass to low levels, despite reductions in catch to historical low amounts, indicates a poor state of the resource. Recent catch is low relative to the biomass estimated from the surveys but catch curve analyses indicate high total mortality rates (Z above 1 for most years). Stock biomass is low and productivity is poor. The empirical approach adopted in 2014 averages estimates of biomass from the DFO, NMFS spring, and NMFS fall surveys, and applies an exploitation rate to this average to generate catch advice. The consensus of the 2017 TRAC intersessional meeting was to change survey catchability from 0.37 to 0.31 and to use wing width instead of door width to compute the area of a survey tow. Under these assumptions, average survey biomass is calculated to be approximately three times higher throughout the time series, but the trend does not change. The TRAC external reviewers and science members recommend an exploitation rate between 2% and 6% for catch advice, which results in 62 mt to 187 mt for 2018.
2000 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-09
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The third Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) meeting was held in Woods Hole, MA, USA during 26-28 April 2000 and provided a forum for...
2004 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 04-05
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The seventh Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) meeting was held at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole Laboratory in W...
2000 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-08
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"This Advisory Report on Stock Status provides results ofthe third meeting of the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC), held in Woods H...
2000 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-17
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This report presents an updated analytical assessment of the status of the Georges Bank cod Gadus morhua stock (NAFO Division 5Z and subarea 6) for th...
2000 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-10
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Calibrated virtual population analysis and surplus production analysis indicate that the stock of yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea) on Georges ...
2002 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 02-12
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The fifth meeting of the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) was held during 5-8 February 2002 in Woods Hole, Ma., USA to review the a...
2000 | Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document ; 00-12
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The Georges Bank haddock stock experienced a 30-year period between 1931 and 1960 characterized by sustained annual yields of 40,000 to 60,000 mt supp...
The Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) met during 7-9 July 2015 in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, to review updated assessments ...
Since 1998, the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) has reviewed Eastern Georges Bank Haddock stock assessments and projections necess...
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2015 were 118 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. The declining trend in survey biom...
Combined Canada and USA catches for Eastern Georges Bank (EGB) Haddock were 12,495 mt in 2018. The 2018 and 2019 survey indices were above their respe...
Combined Canada/USA catches were 608 mt, including 25 mt of discards in the 2015 calendar year. The estimated adult population biomass at the beginnin...
Combined Canada/United States of America (USA) catches in 2017 were 526 mt, which included 18 mt of discards. Survey biomass indices decreased for all...
Combined Canada/USA catches in 2016 were 537 mt, which included 17 mt of discards. Survey biomass indices increased for all three surveys, while recru...
Combined Canada/United States of America (USA) catches were 13,679 mt in 2017 (27% of the quota). In the most recent surveys, total biomass indices ha...
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2014 were 159 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. Discards were greater than landing...
Combined Canada and United States (US) catches in 2017 were 95 mt. The declining trend in survey biomass to low levels, despite reductions in catch to...
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2015 were 118 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. The declining trend in survey biom...
Combined Canada and USA catches in 2014 were 159 mt. This is the lowest value in the time series beginning in 1935. Discards were greater than landing...
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