The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
May 10, 2012 — The Benchmark Stock Assessments for American Eel and River Herring are now available on the Commission's website, www.asmfc.org, under Breaking News. Please note that the documents are large and may take some time downloading. The reports are also available on CD-ROM; please contact Kate Taylor at ktaylor@asmfc.org if you are interested in receiving a CD.
Please also note that the format of these documents are different from previous Advisory and Stock Assessment Reports. For American eel, both the Terms of Reference and Advisory Report are combined in one report, called American Eel Benchmark Stock Assessment. Due to the volume of information contained therein, the river herring report is divided into two volumes. Volume I contains the Terms of Reference and Advisory Report, the ASMFC Shad and River Herring Technical Committee Response to the Peer Review, and the Coast-wide Assessment. Volume II contains state/jurisdiction-specific stock status summaries.
Stock Assessment Overviews for both benchmark assessments can also be found on the Breaking News page.