SEDAR 80 US Caribbean Queen Triggerfish - Saint Thomas and Saint John Final Stock Assessment Report

SEDAR 80 US Caribbean Queen triggerfish assessment process consisted of a series of webinars between February 2021 and March 2022. There were three Topical Working Groups (TWGs) that met via webinar as part of this process: Life History, Indices of Abundance, and Fishing Behavior. SEDAR organized 2 webinars for the Life History TWG, three webinars for the Indices TWG, and three webinars for the Fishing Behavior TWG.

The Stock Assessment Report is organized into 2 sections. Section I - Introduction contains a brief description of the SEDAR Process, Assessment and Management Histories for the species of interest, and the management specifications requested by the Cooperator. Section II is the Assessment Process report. This section details the assessment model, as well as documents any data recommendations that arise for new data sets presented during this assessment process, or changes to data sets used previously.

The final Stock Assessment Report (SAR) for U.S. Caribbean Queen triggerfish for St Thomas and St John was disseminated to the public in October 2022.

To provide a report of the assessment of the US Caribbean Queen Triggerfish - around the Saint Thomas & Saint John areas.

SEDAR. 2022. SEDAR 80 - US Caribbean Queen Triggerfish - Saint Thomas & Saint John Final Stock Assessment Report. SEDAR, North Charleston, SC.

Available online at: http://sedarweb.org/sedar-80