Ecosystems based Fisheries Management

New report from NOAA EcoCheck summarizes ongoing development of a model that describes fluctuations in the number of young menhaden within Chesapeake Bay. Using both menhaden spawning stock and striped bass predation potential, the model successfully accounts for most
(~70%) of the variability seen in Chesapeake Bay menhaden recruitment. With ongoing work suggesting that weather patterns can improve the model, this approach appears to have the potential to support ecosystem based management for the Bay’s menhaden and
striped bass fisheries.

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