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Stock assessment data for species found in waters of the USA. Data is provided for actively managed stocks of a federal Fisheries Management Plan (FMP). Stocks solely managed by US States are not provided.

Usage

stockAssessmentData

Format

A data frame with n rows and m variables

StockName

Species name and stock area for the assessed species

Stockid

Unique stock identifier

Assessmentid

Unique assessment identifier

CommonName

Common name for species

ScientificName

Scientific name for species

ITIS

Species ITIS Taxon Serial Number

StockArea

Stock Area: The region in which the species is assessed

Year

Year the data was collected/generated

Value

Value of Metric

Metric

Typeof metric: Abundance of species, Index of Biomass, Catch, Recruitment of juvenile individuals, Fmort - Fishing mortality

Description

Description of Metric

Units

Units of Value

AssessmentYear

Year of Assessment from which the data was obtained

FMP

Fisheries management plan species is managed under

RegionalEcosystem

The Regional Ecosystem wher stock is found. There are 8 ecosystems defined around the coastal margins of the United States

Jurisdiction

The Fishery Management Council or other group responsible for managing this stock

AssessmentType

Describes the level of assessment effort. For assessments completed prior to 2018 :New, Benchmark, Full Update, Partial Update, for post 2018: Operational, Stock Monitoring Update, Research & Operational

Data download

The data were downloaded from Stock SMART - Status, Management, Assessments & Resource Trends.

For Manual download:

  1. Click the "Download Data" module

  2. Select data to download (dropdown) -> Assessment Time Series Data

  3. Click Search Stocks button

  4. Click Select All Stocks button

  5. Click Select All Asmts button

  6. Click Download button

  7. Download all Parts

See also

Other stockAssessments: stockAssessmentSummary