More Cod Tracking Talk: New England Webinar Redux
Published Date: 3/17/2025
Notice
Summary
The New England Fishery Management Council is holding a webinar on April 11, 2025, to review new ways to track Atlantic cod caught and discarded in the lobster fishery. This affects fishermen and helps improve how we manage cod stocks in the Gulf of Maine. The meeting will guide future fishing rules to keep cod populations healthy without hurting the lobster industry.
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Review may guide future fishing rules
The Council will review methods for tracking Atlantic cod discarded in the lobster fishery and will bring recommendations to the full Council for formal consideration and action. This review is intended to guide future fishing rules to keep Gulf of Maine cod stocks healthy while not hurting the lobster industry. The meeting is a webinar on April 11, 2025, starting at 1 p.m.
Discard estimates to affect catch accounting
The SSC Subpanel will evaluate methods for quantifying a time series of Atlantic cod discards from the lobster fishery and consider what modifications are needed to incorporate that discard time series into total catch accounting for the Eastern Gulf of Maine cod stock assessment. If adopted, these methods would change how discards are counted in the stock assessment that informs management.
Meeting access and accommodations
The meeting will be held via webinar on April 11, 2025, at 1 p.m., will be recorded, and a copy of the recording is available upon request. The meeting site is physically accessible, and requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids must be directed to the Council executive director at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
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