SEDAR 82 Data Workshop Final Report South Atlantic Gray Triggerfish

The life history working group (LHG) was tasked with combining data from the NOAA\NMFS\Southeast Fisheries Science Center's Beaufort Laboratory (BFT) and South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). BFT's dataset had samples from fishery-dependent surveys collected throughout the South Atlantic jurisdiction, North Carolina through the east coast of Florida and the Keys south of highway U.S. 1. The SCDNR dataset contained samples collected from the fishery-independent South East Reef Fish Survey (SERFS). The LHG reviewed the age data from the different labs, and discussed models that describe growth and reproduction, the biological unit stock based on literature, estimates of natural mortality, migration, and movements of gray triggerfish.

To assess South Atlantic Gray Triggerfish

This report was not peer reviewed.