Management Track Community Input

We held a virtual meeting on February 26, 2025 to solicit input from our regional assessment partners, including the fishing industry (commercial and recreational), state agency scientists, academic researchers, and interested members of the public to help guide development of our June 2026 Management Track Assessment. Specifically, we sought on-the-water observations or data sets on topics such as distribution, stock health, fishing dynamics and management, and the role these stocks play in the ecosystem. In association with the meeting, we also sought input via a community input form. The form closed April 30, 2025. Thank you to those who contributed their time and knowledge to help our scientists better understand what is happening on the water and improve the science. 

The community input form as well as the May 21, 2025 virtual session for the September 2026 management track stocks has been canceled.

June 2026 Management Track Stocks

• Atlantic herring
• Butterfish
• Georges Bank Atlantic cod
• Georges Bank haddock
• Longfin inshore squid
• Ocean quahog