Special Reports (organized by species/issue)

 

Acronyms

• SR #33b - Acronyms, Abbreviations and Technical Terms Used in ASMFC Fishery Management Programs (October 1994)

Ageing

• River Herring Ageing Workshop Report (August 2014)
• Proceedings of the 2013 Black Sea Bass Ageing Workshop (December 2013)
• Tautog Ageing Workshop Report (May 2012)
• Proceedings from the Winter Flounder Ageing Workshop (February 2012)
• Bluefish Ageing Workshop Report (May 2011)
• Proceedings from the Atlantic Croaker and Red Drum Ageing Workshop (October 2008)
• Proceedings from the Atlantic Striped Bass Ageing Workshop (March 2003)
• Proceedings of the Workshop on Ageing and Sexing American Eel (December 2001)

American Eel

• SR #90 - Proceedings of a Workshop on American Eel Passage Technologies (July 2013)
• SR #72 - Proceedings of the Workshop on Aging & Sexing American Eel (December 2001)

American Lobster

• SR #82 - American Lobster Stock Assessment Model Technical Review: Terms of Reference & Panel Report (December 2004)
• SR #75 - Proceedings of the American Lobster Transferable Trap Workshop (October 2002)
• SR #61 - A Review of the Population Dynamics of American Lobster in the Northeast (July 1996)

Artificial Reefs

• SR #64 - Technical Working Papers from a Symposium on Artificial Reef Development (January 1997)
• SR #56 - Economic Valuation and Impacts of Artificial Reefs: A Summary of Literature on Marine Artificial Reefs in the United States (December 1995)
• SR #38 - The Role of Vessels as Artificial Reef Material on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Coasts of the United States (December 1994)
• SR #31 - Atlantic Coast Marine Artificial Reef Habitat: Program and Policy Guidelines for Comprehensive Statewide Planning and Management (December 1993)
• SR #14 - A Profile of Atlantic Artificial Reef Development (September 1988)

Asian Oysters

• SR #74 - Proceedings of the Workshop on the Introduction of Asian Oysters (Crassostrea ariakensis) to the Chesapeake Bay (September 2002)

Atlantic Croaker

• SR #25 - Proceedings of a Workshop on Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) (December 1993)

Atlantic Menhaden

• SR #83 - Atlantic Menhaden Workshop Proceedings (December 2004)

Atlantic Striped Bass

• SR #67 - Proceedings of the Atlantic Striped Bass Workshop and Roundtable Discussion (July 1999)
• SR #53 - Evaluation of Anadromous Striped Bass Enhancement on Chesapeake Bay Stocking Activities (March 1996)
• SR # 50 - Recommendations Concerning the Stocking of Striped Bass in Atlantic Coastal Waters (March 1996)
• SR #43 - Proceedings of a Workshop on the Striped Bass Binary Coded Wire Tag Recovery Program (December 1994)
• SR #30 - Proceedings of the 1993 Striped Bass Stock Assessment Workshop (December 1993)
• SR #28 - Striped Bass Stocking Summary: 1985-1992 (December 1993)
• SR #10 - Recommendations Concerning the Striped Bass Restoration Program (April 1987)

Black Sea Bass

• SR #29 - Report on Status of Stock and Fishery Management Plan Development for Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) and Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) (December 1993)

Blue Crab

• SR #80 - Status of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) on the Atlantic Coast (October 2004)

Bluefish

• SR # 40 -Report on Status of Stock and Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) Fishery Management (December 1994)

Bycatch & Discards

• SR #78 - Proceedings of the Summer Flounder Bycatch and Regulatory Discards Workshop (July 2003)
• SR #73 - Proceedings of the Cooperative State/Federal Workshop on Regulatory Discards (December 2001)
• SR #57 - Summary of a Workshop on Catch and Release Mortality in Marine Recreational Fisheries (December 1995)

Eastland Fisheries Surveys

• Eastland Fisheries Survey of the Great Lakes (October 1976)
• Eastland Fisheries Survey of the Atlantic Coast Region (June 1977)
• Priorities for Implementing the Recommendations of the Eastland Fisheries Survey of the Great Lakes (January 1978)

Fisheries Statistics

• SR #59 - Cooperative State/Angler Reporting Programs of the Atlantic Coast States (March 1996)
• SR # 49 - Cooperative Efforts for Coordination of Atlantic Coast Statistics (March 1996)
• SR #52 - Proceedings of the Workshop on the Design of a Charter and Headboat Sampling Program for the Atlantic Coast: Part II (March 1996)
• SR #51- Proceedings of the Workshop on the Estimation of Saltwater Participation: Are You Being Counted? (March 1996)
• SR # 44 - Proceedings on the Workshop on Precision and Timeliness Issues in Recreational Fisheries Management (December 1994)
• SR #37 - MRFSS User's Manual -A Guide to Use of the National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey Database (December 1994)
• SR #34 - Proceedings of the Workshop on the Design of a Charter and Headboat Sampling Program for the Atlantic Coast - Volume 1 (December 1994)
• SR #24 - Priorities and Opportunities for a State/Federal Cooperative Statistics Program (December 1993)
• SR #23 - Report of the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Committee & Workshop (December 1993)
• SR #16 - A Handbook for Recreational Fisheries Statistics Programs of the Atlantic Coast (June 1989)
• SR #13 - Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN) South Atlantic Phase (August 1988)
• SR #12 - Marine Recreational Fisheries Programs of the Atlantic Coast (June 1988)

Fishery-Independent Surveys

• SEAMAP-SA 10-Year Trawl Report: Results of Trawling Efforts in the Coastal Habitat of the South Atlantic Bight, FY 1990-1999 (December 2000)
• SR #65 - SEAMAP-SA Nearshore Trawl Survey - 1987 and 1988 Results (December 1997)
• SR #63 - Proceedings of the Workshop on Maintaining Current & Future Fisheries Resource Survey Capabilities (January 1997)
• SR #35 - Proceedings of the Workshop on the Collection and Use of Trawl Survey Data for Fisheries Management (December 1994)
• SR #17 - Proceedings of A Workshop on Bottom Trawl Surveys (August 1989)
• SR #9 - SEAMAP: Executive Summary of an Evaluation of Methods for Mapping Hard Bottoms in the South Atlantic Bight (March 1987)
• SR #8 - SEAMAP: An Evaluation of Methods for Mapping Hard Bottoms in the South Atlantic Bight (March 1987)
• SR #6 - SEAMAP South Atlantic Operations Plan: 1986 - 1990 (October 1984)

Fishery Management Plan Reviews

• SR #66 - 1998 Annual Review of Interstate Fishery Management Plans (December 1998)
• SR #60 - 1995 Annual Review of Interstate Fishery Management Plans (March 1996)
• SR #33a - 1994 Annual Review of Interstate Fishery Management Plans (October 1994)
• SR #26 - 1993 Annual Review of Interstate Fisheries Management Plans (December 1993)
• SR #20 - Fishery Management Plan Reviews for Spotted Seatrout, Red Drum, American Lobster, Northern Shrimp, Shad and River Herrings, Weakfish, Spot, Atlantic Croaker and Bluefish (December 1990)
• SR # 11 - Fishery Management Plan Reviews for American Lobster, Atlantic Menhaden, Northern Shrimp, Red Drum, Shad & River Herring, Spotted Seatrout, Summer Flounder and Weakfish (April 1988)

Fishing Gear

• Report of the Fishing Gear Technology Work Group to the Management and Science Committee (November 2009)
• SR #77 - Circle Hook Definition and Research Issues (July 2003)

Horseshoe Crab

• SR #86 - Terms of Reference Report for the Stock Assessment of Atlantic Coast Horseshoe Crabs: A Proposed Framework (January 2006)

Legislative Reviews

• Legislative Review of the 95th Congress (December 1978)
• Legislative Review of the 96th Congress (January 1981)

Multispecies Assessments

• SR #84 - Multispecies VPA (MSVPA-X) Internal Peer Review Terms of Reference and Panel Report (October 2005)
• SR #79 - Linking Multispecies Assessments to Single Species Management (December 2003)

Protected Species

• Characterization of Fisheries Operating in State Waters of the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Florida (April 2006)
• SR # 54 - Proceedings of the Workshop on the Management of Protected Species/Fisheries Interactions in State Waters (June 1996)

Recreational Fisheries

• SR #58 - Report on Priorities for Marine Recreational Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast (March 1996)
• SR #57 - Summary of a Workshop on Catch and Release Mortality in Marine Recreational Fisheries (December 1995)
• SR# 55 - Supplemental Report on Atlantic Coastal State Marine Sport Fish Restoration Projects to Augment the Federal Aid Information Reporting System (December 1995)
• SR #51- Proceeding of the Workshop on the Estimation of Saltwater Participation? Are You Being Counted? (March 1996)
• SR #46 - Proceedings of the Workshop on Saltwater Fishing Tournaments (December 1994)
• SR # 44 - Proceedings on the Workshop on Precision and Timeliness Issues in Recreational Fisheries Management (December 1994)
• SR #42 - Proceedings of the Workshop on State Saltwater Licensing Programs (December 1994)
• SR #37 - MRFSS User's Manual -A Guide to Use of the National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey Database (December 1994)
• SR #36 - An Abridged Inventory of Atlantic Coastal State Marine Sport Fish Restoration Projects (December 1994)
• SR#23 - Report of the Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Committee & Workshop (December 1993)
• SR #16 - A Handbook for Recreational Fisheries Statistics Programs of the Atlantic Coast (June 1989)
• SR #12 - Marine Recreational Fisheries Programs of the Atlantic Coast (June 1988)

Research Needs

• SR #89 - Research Priorities and Recommendations to Support Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management (June 2013)
• SR #88 - Prioritized Research Needs in Support of Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management (2008)
• SR #81 – Prioritized Research Needs in Support of Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management (June 2004)
• SR #70 - Prioritized Research Needs in Support of Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management (August 2000)
• SR #62 - Prioritized Research Needs to Support Interjurisdictional Fisheries Management (January 1997)

Scup

• SR #39 - Draft Hearing Document for Development of a Fishery Management Plan for Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) Fishery Resources of the Atlantic Coast (December 1994)
• SR #29 - Report on Status of Stock and Fishery Management Plan Development for Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) and Black Sea Bass (Centropristis striata) (December 1993)

Shad & River Herring

• River Herring Ageing Workshop Report (August 2014)
• SR #19 - Stock Assessment of River Herring from Selected Atlantic Coast Rivers (November 1990)
• SR #18 - Investigations of Ocean Landings for American Shad & River Herrings from United States East Coast Waters (September 1989)
• SR #15 - Stock Assessment of American Shad from Selected Atlantic Coast Rivers (October 1988)

Socio-economic Data

• SR #85 - The Cumulative Social, Cultural, and Economic Effects of Seasonal Closures on Fishing Communities (June 2005)
• SR# 47 - Report of the Initial Meeting of the Committee on Economics and Social Sciences (June 1995)
• SR #45 - Proceedings of the Workshop on Socioeconomic Data and Analysis for Recreational Fisheries Management (December 1994)

Special Management Zones

• SR #41 - Proceedings of a Workshop on Special Management Zones and Their Application to Marine Fisheries Management (December 1994)

Spot

• SR #25 - Proceedings of a Workshop on Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) (December 1993)

Spotted Seatrout

• SR #27 - Proceedings of a Workshop on Spotted Seatrout (December 1993)

Stock Assessments

• Development and Use of Reference Points (December 2008)
• SR #48 - Report of the Juvenile Abundance Indices Workshop (January 1996)

Stocking & Aquaculture

• SR # 87 - Guidelines for Stocking Cultured Atlantic Sturgeon for Supplementation or Reintroduction (February 2006)
• SR #76 - Guidance Relative to Development of Responsible Aquaculture Activities in Atlantic Coast States (November 2002)
• SR #68 - ASMFC Breeding and Stocking Protocol for Cultured Atlantic Sturgeon (May 1999)
• SR # 50 - Recommendations Concerning the Stocking of Striped Bass in Atlantic Coastal Waters (March 1996)
• SR #22 - Culture and Stocking of Atlantic Sturgeon (December 1992)

Tautog

• Tautog Ageing Workshop Report (May 2012)

Weakfish

• SR #21 - An Assessment of the Status of the Atlantic Weakfish Stock, 1982-1988 (August 1991)

Winter Flounder

• Proceedings from the Winter Flounder Ageing Workshop (February 2012)
• SR #32 - Stock Assessment Update and Overview of Interstate Fishery Management Activities for Inshore Stocks of Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) (December 1993)