Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission: American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment Finds GOM/GBK Stock Not Overfished
October 23, 2020
October 23, 2020
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 23 -- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission issued the following news release:
The 2020 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment presents contrasting results for the two American lobster stock units, with record high abundance and recruitment in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank stock (GOM/GBK) and record low abundance and recruitment in the Southern New England stock (SNE) in recent years. The GOM/GBK stock is not overfished nor experiencing . . .
The 2020 American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment presents contrasting results for the two American lobster stock units, with record high abundance and recruitment in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank stock (GOM/GBK) and record low abundance and recruitment in the Southern New England stock (SNE) in recent years. The GOM/GBK stock is not overfished nor experiencing . . .