25 Highly Migratory Species Stock Status
Description: Summary of the most recent stock assessment results for each assessed Highly Migratory Species.
Indicator family:
Contributor(s): Jennifer Cudney
Affiliations: NEFSC
25.1 Introduction to Indicator
There is interest in the stock status of predators and commercially or recreationally valuable Highly Migratory Species. The latest Highly Migratory Species Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report provides a summary of stock assessment information and current stock statuses of HMS under domestic and applicable international stock thresholds. Some stocks use proxies for biomass, such as spawning stock biomass (e.g., bluefin and northern albacore tunas) and spawning stock fecundity or number of fish (e.g., sharks).
25.2 Key Results and Visualizations
TBD – we have a meeting in mid-November to finalize decisions regarding this contribution. The most complete representation of these data can be found in our SAFE report (starting on pg 31, Table 2.1 – Table 2.4)
#> $p
#>
#> $unknown
#> # A tibble: 1 × 3
#> # Groups: spp [1]
#> spp F.Fmsy B.Bmsy
#> <chr> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 Western Atlantic bluefin 0.53 NA
25.3 Indicator statistics
Spatial scale: North Atlantic basin; full shelf
Temporal scale: Annual summary of stock status
Synthesis Theme:
25.4 Implications
TBD – our assessment team has asked that the Kobe plots be redone, so please do not include them here yet.
25.5 Get the data
Point of contact: Jennifer Cudney (jennifer.cudney@noaa.gov)
ecodata name: ecodata::hms_stock_status
Variable definitions
TBD – pending decisions from a mid-November meeting.
Indicator Category:
25.7 Accessibility and Constraints
All stock assessment results are publicly available (see Data Sources). Summarized Atlantic HMS data are available in the Atlantic HMS SAFE Reports. Species with a range of uncertainty estimates for F/Fmsy and B/Bmsy and assessments completed very recently may not be included in Stock Smart queries.
tech-doc link https://noaa-edab.github.io/tech-doc/hms_stock_status.html