Unsupported Browser Detected

Internet Explorer lacks support for the features of this website. For the best experience, please use a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

Atlantic Herring: QA/QC Exercise Results

Results of the QA/QC exercises for ageing Atlantic herring.

Atlantic Herring, Clupea harengus

Image
Left-facing side profile of a Atlantic herring with shiny silvery white body and gold/gray fins. NOAA Fisheries text along tail. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady

Katie Rogers (KR) has been working with Atlantic Herring since 2016; before that, the age reader was Blanche Jackson (BJ, retired). Whole otoliths are mounted in clear resin and viewed with reflected light.

In tests where agreement is below 90%, bias indicates either the P-value of a symmetry test or ‘n/s’ (test not significant at the α = 0.05 level). The Evans & Hoenig test was used to test bias starting 1/2022; prior to that, a Bowker's test was used.

Sample Source Test Type Date Completed Age Reader Number Aged Number Tested CV (%) Agree-ment (%) Bias
2023 Autumn Survey (202304) Precision 2/2024 KR 341 71 1.12 93.0  
2023 Spring Survey (202302) Precision 1/2024 KR 122 40 1.33 90.0  
2021 & 2022 multiple Surveys (202102, 202104, 202170, 202192, 202202, 202204, 202270) Precision 1/2024 KR 949 100 0.52 96.0  
2022 Summer Shrimp Survey (202270) Precision 6/2023 KR 122 40 0.44 95.0  
2022 Autumn Survey (202204) Precision 6/2023 KR 287 60 1.16 90.0  
2022 Spring Survey (202202) Precision 11/2022 KR 420 80 0.91 92.5  
2021 Autumn Survey (202104) Precision 5/2022 KR 285 53 1.28 92.5  
2021 Spring Survey (202102) Precision 5/2022 KR 482 100 0.24 97.0  
2019 Autumn Survey (201904) Precision 1/2020 KR 443 90 1.79 84.4 n/s
2019 Spring Survey (201902) Precision 10/2019 KR 606 100 0.77 92.0  
2018 Autumn Survey (201804) Precision 4/2019 KR 270 59 0.81 91.5  
2018 Spring Survey (201802) Precision 7/2018 KR 522 87 0.91 90.8  
2017 Commercial Samples (Q1 & 4) Exchange Spring 2018 KR vs. DK 154 1.24 90.9  
2017 Autumn Survey (201704) Precision 2/2018 KR 406 85 0.80 94.1  
2017 Spring Survey (201702) Precision 12/2017 KR 1020 102 0.56 95.1  
2016 Autumn Survey (201604) Precision 3/2017 KR 662 93 1.25 90.3  
2016 Spring Survey (201602) Precision 12/2016 KR vs. BJ 793 95 2.31 84.2 n/s
2016 Spring Survey (201602) Precision 11/2016 BJ 793 95 0.68 95.8  
2015 Autumn Survey (201504) Precision 5/2016 BJ 941 96 0.33 97.9  
2015 Spring Survey (201502) Precision 1/2016 BJ 839 100 0.00 100.0  
2014 Autumn Survey (201404) Precision 4/2015 BJ 828 98 0.24 98.0  
2014 Spring Survey (201402) Precision 1/2015 BJ 1152 98 1.00 92.9  
2013 Autumn Survey (201304) Precision 10/2014 BJ 675 99 0.76 97.0  
2013 Spring Survey (201302) Precision 8/2014 BJ 1521 101 2.95 83.2 0.005
2012 Autumn Survey (201204) Precision 7/2014 BJ 704 98 1.57 90.8  
2012 Spring Survey (201202) Precision 6/2014 BJ 1154 99 0.98 91.9  
2012 Acoustic Survey (201206) Precision 6/2014 BJ 540 98 0.92 93.9  
2011 Autumn Survey (201105) Precision 8/2012 BJ 579 100 3.12 81.0 n/s
2011 Acoustic Survey (201106) Precision 6/2012 BJ 657 98 1.32 91.8  
2011 Spring Survey (201102) Precision 1/2012 BJ 1713 100 1.14 93.0  
2010 Autumn Survey (201004) Precision 12/2011 BJ 861 104 0.59 95.2  
2010 Spring Survey (201001) Precision 12/2010 BJ 1802 106 3.30 80.2 0.007
2009 Autumn Survey (200904) Precision 6/2010 BJ 895 115 0.92 93.0  
2009 Acoustic Survey (200905) Precision 5/2010 BJ 387 112 1.72 90.2  
2009 Spring Survey (200902) Precision 4/2010 BJ 1609 130 2.15 86.2 n/s
2008 Autumn Survey (200807) Precision 2/2009 SE vs. BJ 726 197 2.34 84.3 n/s
2008 Spring Survey (200803) Precision 2/2009 SE vs. BJ 801 210 3.09 79.5 n/s
2007 Autumn Survey (200709) Precision 1/2009 SE vs. BJ 938 255 1.93 86.7 n/s
2006 Autumn Survey (200610) Precision 1/2009 SE vs. BJ 623 173 2.54 80.3 0.020
2006 Spring Survey (200604) Precision 1/2009 SE vs. BJ 960 270 1.38 88.9 n/s
2006 Winter Survey (200603) Precision 1/2009 SE vs. BJ 318 285 0.99 91.6  
2008 Acoustic Survey (200813) Precision 1/2009 SE vs. BJ 494 139 3.46 76.3 0.017
2007 Acoustic Survey (200710) Precision 12/2008 SE vs. BJ 295 84 1.15 90.5  
2006 Acoustic Survey (200611) Precision 12/2008 SE vs. BJ 302 80 1.85 83.8 n/s
2005 Acoustic Survey (200511) Precision 12/2008 SE vs. BJ 371 107 3.20 78.5 n/s
2007 Spring Survey (200703) Precision 9/2007 SE vs. BJ 1039 1039 1.45 88.7 n/s
2007 Winter Survey (200702) Precision 7/2007 SE vs. BJ 448 451 1.92 85.4 n/s
2005 Autumn Survey (200510) Precision 3/2006 BJ 1055 103 3.22 72.8 0.011
2004-2005 Maine DMR Commercial Samples (Q1-4) Precision 2/2006 BJ 84 2.12 81.0 n/s

Last updated by Northeast Fisheries Science Center on April 01, 2024

Age and Growth