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Volume 33 Number 4
December 2005
Lobster stock assessment committee and review panel
American Lobster Stock Assessment Committee:
• Bob Glenn, chair, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF);
• Steve Correia, Massachusetts DMF;
• Penny Howell, Connecticut Marine Fisheries Division (MFD);
• Larry Jacobson, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); and
• Carl Wilson, Maine Department of Marine Resources.
American Lobster Stock Assessment Peer Review Panel:
• Michael Sigler, chair, NMFS;
• Rick Deriso, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission;
• Richard Methot, NMFS;
• Mike Murphy, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission;
• Terrance Quinn II, University of Alaska; and
• Doug Woodby, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) American Lobster Technical Committee:
• Glenn, chair, and Wilson;
• Tom Angell, Rhode Island Division of Fish and Wildlife;
• Don Byrne, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Marine Fisheries;
• Victor Crecco, Connecticut MFD;
• Joe Idoine, NMFS;
• Clare McBane, New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game; and
• Kim McKown, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Other contributors:
• ASMFC staffers Patrick Kilduff and lobster plan coordinator Toni Kerns;
• Former ASMFC lobster plan coordinator Carrie Selberg; and
• Yong Chen, University of Maine. /cfn/
Peer review panel comments on lobster assessment, data
Here are few of the more prominent statements made by the independent panel that peer reviewed the 2005 American Lobster Stock Assessment.
• “The lack of completely reported catch (landings and discards) data is a serious flaw in the stock assessment and leads to mis-estimates of lobster abundance and fishing mortality.
“We reiterate … that the data available are woefully inadequate for the management needs of this fishery and that the primary limitation on the ability to manage is limited data rather than choice of models.”
• “The panel recommends a mandatory catch reporting system. The panel also recommends that size composition data be collected using statistically efficient methods, with sampling allocated to areas based on a sampling plan that identifies variability within and between areas.”
• “The most significant improvement for future assessments would be procurement of complete and unbiased catch information.” /cfn/
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