Stock Assessment News for Lingcod, Vermilion Rockfish and California Halibut We have completed some stock assessment reviews and I’ll give you a brief overview of the results. Lingcod The lingcod stock south of 40° 10’ N latitude (Cape Mendocino) has improved in...
The Dover Sole and Spiny Dogfish assessment reviews took place last week. The Dover stock is healthy but Spiny Dogfish is not. Dover Sole ended up with an estimated status of about 79% B/o (unfished biomass). I do not anticipate any problems for management in the next...
Just finished up the November PFMC meeting on Monday evening. I will briefly update you on the issues pertaining to groundfish for the Conception management area. It was ugly, so if you don’t want to ruin your holiday weekend, I’d suggest waiting to read this until...
Just finished up the June PFMC meeting on Wednesday evening. I will briefly update you on the issues pertaining to groundfish for the Conception management area. Adopt Stock Assessments for 2023/2024 Management The Council adopted the following stock assessments to...
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) supports the current schedule proposed for the upcoming 2023-24 Harvest Specification & Management Measure process (biennial cycle) and offers an initial list of action items proposed for inclusion. As the...
Agenda Item G.2.a Supplemental CDFW Report 1 As described in the Summarized Conceptual Design of Groundfish Workload and Prioritization Process schematic (Agenda Item G.2, Attachment 1), the March Council meeting is one time to propose new items for inclusion on the...