Operational assessment of 19 northeast groundfish stocks, updated through 2016

"Assessments for 19 of the 20 groundfish stocks (Table 1) in the New England Fishery Management Council's (NEFMC) Multispecies Groundfish Fisheries Management Plan were updated and reviewed during September 11-15, 2017 at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), Woods Hole, MA. This represents the fifth assessment of the status of groundfish stocks since 2001. The first three assessments were produced through the Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (GARM) process (NEFSC 2002, 2005, 2008)"--Executive Summary. [doi:10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-17-17(https://doi.org/10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-17-17)] by the Northeast Fisheries Science Center "October 2017." Includes bibliographical references.