Stock Assessment of scup for 2009

"The 2008 Northeast Data Poor Stocks (DPS) Peer Review Panel accepted a revised stock assessment for scup using a statistical catch at age model as the basis for biological reference points and status determination, with fishery and survey catch data through 2007. The new model of scup population dynamics provided a more stable tool for monitoring stock status and specifying annual fishery regulations than the previous single index-based model. This 2009 assessment update uses the same model configuration as the 2008 DPS assessment, with fishery and survey catch information through 2008. The 2009 evaluation of stock status is made with respect to the 2008 DPS biological reference points"--Document's home page. by Mark Terceiro, Northeast Fisheries Science Center. "October 2009." Includes bibliographical references.