Stock assessment of Summer Flounder for 2016

"This assessment of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) is an update through 2015 of commercial and recreational fishery catch data, research survey indices of abundance, and the analyses of those data. Reported 2015 landings in the commercial fishery were 4,843 mt = 10.677 million lbs, about 3% under the commercial quota (5,021 mt = 11.069 million lbs). Estimated 2015 landings in the recreational fishery were 2,209 mt = 4.870 million lbs, about 34% below the recreational harvest limit (3,347 mt = 7.379 million lbs). Total commercial and recreational landings in 2015 were 7,052 mt = 15.547 million lbs and total commercial and recreational discard losses were 1,233 mt = 2.718 million lbs, for a total catch in 2015 of 8,285 mt = 18.265 million lbs, about 20% below the 2015 Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) = 10,329 mt = 22.772 million lbs"--Executive summary [doi:10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-16-15 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-16-15)] by Mark Terceiro. "December 2016." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical refeerences (pages 14-15). 2016 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/RD-NEFSC-16-15 Public Domain 1863