National Marine Fisheries Service Status of U.S. Fisheries, 2007. Report to Congress

摘要

This report updates the status of U.S. fish stocks previously assessed and includes determinations for stocks assessed in 2007. The 2007 report presents good news: 7 stocks are no longer subject to overfishing, 4 stocks have increased biomass and are no longer overfished, and 3 stocks have fully rebuilt. No stocks have been found newly subject to overfishing. The status of 2 stocks has declined and they have been determined to be overfished. In all, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased from 48 in 2006 to 41 in 2007, and the number of overfished stocks has decreased from 47 to 45. NOAAs National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is also working to increase the number of stocks that are assessed. NMFS assessed 184 stock and stock complexes in 2007, 4 for the first time.