Assessment of the Pacific Sardine Resource in 2011 for U.S. Management in 2012. Pacific Sardine Assessment Executive Summary

摘要

The Pacific sardine resource is assessed annually in support of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) process that, in part, establishes an annual harvest guideline (HG) for the U.S. fishery. In September 2007, the PFMC, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries Service, organized a Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel in La Jolla, California, to provide peer review of the methods used for assessment of Pacific sardine. At that time, the STAR Panel endorsed use of the SS2 model for conducting the annual assessment (STAR 2007). The PFMC adopted use of these methods and results for management during 2008.