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Well here is NOAA on over fishing stocks. Washington coast in red. Not sure we wanted to be on this particular list.
NOAA Fisheries is pleased to present the 2015 Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fisheries as managed under the science-based framework established under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the MSA and the federal, state, and stakeholder partnership it established through eight fishery management councils to sustainably manage our nation’s marine fisheries. In 2015, two previously overfished stocks were rebuilt, and the number of stocks on the overfishing and overfished lists remains near all-time lows. Several stocks were assessed for the first time in 2015, which resulted in new information about the status of these stocks. Continuous monitoring and improvement of our knowledge about the status of these stocks is key under the MSA process for managing our fisheries to be sustainable.
Status Listings
Overfishing & Overfished Lists Overfishing: 313 stocks with known status:
Overfished: 233 stocks with known status:
The Year in Review At the end of 2015, 28 stocks were on the overfishing list and 38 stocks were on the overfished list. The number of stocks rebuilt since 2000 increased to 39. NOAA Fisheries tracks 473 stocks and stock complexes in 46 fishery management plans, or FMPs. Each year, assessments of various fish stocks and stock complexes are conducted to determine their status. These assessments include stocks of both known status and previously unknown status. Based on assessments conducted by the end of 2015, eight stocks were removed from the overfishing list and ten were added. Two stocks came off the overfished list, and three were added. As required by the MSA management framework, all stocks added to the overfishing and overfished lists have management measures being implemented to end overfishing and rebuild. Specific changes to the status of stocks in 2015 include:
2015
Hogfish - Eastern Gulf of Mexico Puerto Rico Scups & Porgies Complex Puerto Rico Wrasses Complex Thorny skate - Gulf of Maine Winter skate - Georges Bank/ Southern New England Windowpane - Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Greater amberjack - Gulf of Mexico Gray triggerfish - Gulf of Mexico
Hogfish - Southeast Florida1 Chinook salmon - Columbia River Basin: Upper River Summer Chinook salmon - Washington Coast: Willapa Bay Fall Natural Chinook salmon - Washington Coast: Grays Harbor Fall Coho salmon - Washington Coast: Hoh
Eastern Pacific2 Summer flounder Yellowtail flounder - Southern New England/ Mid-Atlantic Winter flounder - Georges Bank Bigeye tuna - Atlantic
Blueline tilefish - South Atlantic Canary rockfish - Pacific Coast3
Hogfish - Southeast Florida1 Yellowtail Flounder - Southern New England/ Mid-Atlantic Winter Flounder - Georges Bank
Canary rockfish - Pacific Coast3 Petrale sole - Pacific Coast
1. Stock status was formerly listed as unknown 2. This stock was previously listed as a Pacific-wide stock, but was reported for the first time as separate Eastern Pacific and Western and Central North Pacific stocks. 3. This stock was removed from the overfished list and is now rebuilt.
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Dazed and confused.............the fog is closing in