Proceedings of the Seventh Meeting of the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, May 27-29, 2003

摘要

The seventh Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) meeting was held at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, USA during May 27-29, 2003. Updated assessments for Eastern Georges Bank cod and haddock and Georges Bank yellowtail flounder were presented and reviewed during the meeting. These discussions produced Transboundary Status Reports (TSRs) for Eastern Georges Bank cod, haddock and Georges Bank yellowtail flounder to be used by the Transboundary Management Guidance Committee (TMGC) in developing advice for the management of these resources. This was the first attempt to produce a stock status document that combined both the Canadian Stock Status Report (SSR) and the US Northeast Regional Advisory Report on Stock Status into a single document. Technical issues related to the assessments were discussed throughout the meeting and several research recommendations were advanced.