The base model projection of female spawning biomass in 2018 is 342,683 t, which is
57.5% of unfished spawning biomass (based on average post-1977 recruitment) and above …

The shark complex (spiny dogfish, Pacific sleeper shark, salmon shark and
other/unidentified sharks) in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) is regularly assessed on a biennial …

The scheduled frequency for some stock assessments was recently changed in response to
the National Stock Assessment Prioritization effort (Methot 2015; Hollowed et al. 2016). In …

The shark complex (Pacific sleeper shark, spiny dogfish, salmon shark, and
other/unidentified sharks) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) is assessed on a …

The scheduled frequency for some stock assessments was recently changed in response to
the National Stock Assessment Prioritization effort (Methot 2015; Hollowed et al. 2016). In …

Northern rockfish (Sebastes polyspinus) inhabit the outer continental shelf and upper slope
regions of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Northern rockfish (Sebastes polyspinus) …

Rockfish are assessed on a biennial stock assessment schedule to coincide with the
availability of new survey data. For Gulf of Alaska rockfish in on-cycle (odd) years, we …

Prior to 2008, the shortraker and rougheye rockfish were assessed with a two-species
surplus production model that accounted for potential covariance in catch estimates. An age …

Shortraker rockfish (Sebastes borealis) are distributed along the continental slope in the
north Pacific from Point Conception in southern California to Japan, and are commonly …

Thornyheads (Sebastolobus species) are groundfish belonging to the family
Scorpanenidae, which contains the rockfishes. The family Scorpanenidae is characterized …