UNIT 3 

 ATLANTIC ANADROMOUS FISHERIES 



Atlantic salmon. 



tainable fisheries through its partnership in sup- 

 port of the Maine conservation plan. Shortnose 

 sturgeons are hsted as endangered, and a status 

 review oi Atlantic sturgeon is currently underway. 



striped bass bycatch in nondirected commercial 

 fisheries. There is a desire by all interests not to 

 negate the progress made in rebuilding the severely 

 depleted spawning stocks in Chesapeake Bay. 



Management Controls 



An issue of particular concern tor striped bass 

 is the potential impact of discard mortality. Rec- 

 reational fishing effort for striped bass currently 

 far exceeds commercial effort, and over 90% of 

 the recreational catch was released alive during the 

 1990's. Even with high survival rates of hooked 

 and released striped bass, the large number of fish 

 subjected to hooking mortality may compromise 

 the conservation benefit from high minimum-size 

 regulations. Another concern as the striped bass 

 population increases is the greater likelihood oi 



LITERATURE CITED 



Northeast Fisheries Science Center. 1998a. Report oi 

 the 26th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Work- 

 shop (26th SAW) Stock Assessment Review Commit- 

 tee (SARC) Consensus Summary of Assessments. 

 Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Docu- 

 ment 98-03, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 28,^ p. 



Northeast Fisheries Science Center. 1998b. Report oi 

 the 26th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Work- 

 shop (26th SAW) Public Review Workshop. North- 

 east Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 98- 

 04, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 44 n. 



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