Abundance, Catch, Fishing mortality, Recruitment for USA assessed stocks
Source:R/data-stock_assessment_data.R
stock_assessment_data.RdStock 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.
Format
A data frame
- stock_name
Species name and stock area for the assessed species
- stock_id
Unique stock identifier
- assessment_id
Unique assessment identifier
- common_name
Common name for species
- scientific_name
Scientific name for species
- itis
Species ITIS Taxon Serial Number
- stock_area
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- assessment_year
Year of Assessment from which the data was obtained
- fmp
Fisheries management plan species is managed under
- regional_ecosystem
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
- assessment_type
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.
See also
Other stockAssessments:
stockAssessmentData,
stockAssessmentSummary,
stock_assessment_summary