November 19, 2013 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
As a reminder, the deadline for the submission of data sources for consideration in the Atlantic menhaden benchmark stock assessment is December 1, 2013. Data sources include, but are not limited to, data on commercial landings and discards, catch per unit effort, biological samples (length or age frequency), and life history information (growth, maturity, fecundity, spawning stock biomass weights, natural mortality). For data sets to be considered, the data must be sent in the required format, with accompanying description of methods, to the Commission by December 1, 2013. For more information on submitting data, including the appropriate format, and/or attending the Atlantic menhaden data workshop (space is limited), please contact Dr. Genny Nesslage, ASMFC Stock Assessment Scientist.