Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery Recruitment Overfishing Definition: Workshop 2

摘要

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) requested that the Council's shrimp stock assessment panel and a representative from each of the five states surrounding the Gulf of Mexico convene to review the scientific definitions of overfishing, for each of the shrimp species in the management unit of the Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The tasks assigned by the GMFMC included: (1) review the current definitions of overfishing for the shrimp stocks; (2) recommend changes, if needed, to the current definitions of overfishing; and (3) recommend action that might be taken if overfishing levels are surpassed in any of these stocks. The report summarizes the findings of the two day workshop and provides recommendations from the working group.