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BIOMASS STATUS AND GOALS
STOCK   Roughly, where we're at          AMEND 9 TARGETS(1998)          MSMC TARGETS (2001)          NEFSC TARGETS(2002)
           
Gulf of Maine cod 25,000 MT - total biomass 33,000 MT total   90,300 MT- Total    
    18,200 SSB         78,000 MT - SSB   82,800 MT - SSB
           
Georges Bank cod 37,000 MT - total biomass 108,000 MT total   108,000 MT - total biomass 216,800 MT - SSB
    29,000 SSB                    
Georges Bank          
haddock   80,000 MT - SSB   105,000 MT SSB   105,000 MT - SSB   250,300 MT - SSB
           
Gulf of Maine   7.28 kilograms/tow 8.25 kilograms/tow 8.25 kilograms/ tow 22.17 kilograms/ tow
haddock                          
           
Georges Bank   55,000 MT - total biomass 48,600 MT total   43,470 MT - total biomass 58,800 MT - SSB
yellowtail   43,100 SSB(2000)                  
                     
Southern NE   8,000 MT - total biomass 51,000 MT total   62,870 MT - total biomass 45,200 MT - SSB
yellowtail                          
           
Cape Cod   2,800 MT - total biomass 14,000 MT total   6,100 MT - total biomass 8,400 MT - SSB
yellowtail                          
           
Mid-Atlantic   Unknown   9.15 kilograms/tow 11.69 kilograms/ tow 12.91 kilograms/ tow
yellowtail                          
                       
Dabs   16,000 MT - SSB   40,000 MT total   24,200 MT - SSB   28,600 MT - SSB
           
Greysole   27,000 MT - total biomass 21,000 MT total   25,000 MT - total biomass 19,900 MT - SSB
                           
           
Southern NE   22,300 MT - total biomass 25,800 MT total   27,810 MT - total biomass 30,100 MT - total biomass
blackback                          
           
Georges Bank   8,900 MT - total biomass 2.74 kilograms/tow 2.73 kilograms/ tow 9,400 MT - total biomass
blackback                          
           
Redfish   135,000 MT - total   121,000 MT total   not estimated   236,700 MT - total biomass
           
White hake   4,000 MT >60 cm 22,000 MT total   14,700 MT >60 cm 14,700 MT >60 cm
                           
           
Pollock     Unknown   102,000 MT SSB   102,000 MT - SSB   3 kilograms/ tow
MT= Metric Tons SSB=Spawning Stock Biomass MSMC = Multispecies Monitoring Committee NEFSC = Northeast Fisheries Science Center
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