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Red Hake: QA/QC Exercise Results

Results of the QA/QC exercises for ageing red hake.

Red Hake, Urophycis chuss

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Side-profile illustration of red hake showing reddish brown coloring with tan spots and white belly. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jack Hornady

Jillian Price (JP) has been working with Red Hake since 2015; before that, the age reader was Grace Thornton (GT). Sectioned otoliths are 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 SourceTest TypeDate CompletedAge ReaderNumber AgedNumber TestedCV (%)Agree-ment (%)Bias
2025 Autumn Survey (202504)Precision5/2026JP422555.5385.5n/s
2025 Spring Survey (202502)Precision4/2026JP7451001.9787.0n/s
2024 Autumn Survey (202404)Precision2/2026JP8491002.0492.0 
2024 Spring Survey (202402)Precision9/2025JP11701000.9296.0 
2023 Autumn Survey (202304)Precision10/2024JP788972.5587.6n/s
2023 Spring Survey (202302)Precision7/2023JP255472.4287.2n/s
2022 Autumn Survey (202204)Precision4/2023JP6861004.2690.0 
2022 Spring Survey (202202)Precision3/2023JP8401002.4686.0n/s
2021 Spring Survey (202102)Precision8/2022JP8631002.0689.00.03
2021 Autumn Survey (202104)Precision6/2022JP7301000.8395.0 
2019 Autumn Survey (201904)Precision10/2020JP6611000.4996.0 
2019 Spring Survey (201902)Precision11/2019JP8571002.3389.0n/s
2018 Autumn Survey (201804)Precision6/2019JP541911.2892.3 
2018 Spring Survey (201802)Precision10/2018JP495943.1384.00.020
2017 Autumn Survey (201704)Precision8/2018JP227546.1481.5n/s
2017 Spring Survey (201702)Precision1/2018JP947912.7484.6n/s
2016 Autumn Survey (201604)Precision12/2017JP748941.4691.5 
2016 Spring Survey (201602)Precision10/2017JP986872.1789.7n/s
2015 Autumn Survey (201504)Precision9/2016JP1063964.3485.4n/s
2015 Spring Survey (201502)Precision3/2016JP1133994.1577.80.038
2014 Spring Survey (201402)Precision6/2015JP427792.9183.5n/s
2014 Autumn Survey (201404)Precision3/2015JP5439410.4577.7n/s
2013 Autumn Survey (201304)Precision6/2014GT797939.6165.6n/s
2013 Spring Survey (201302)Precision6/2014GT857978.5766.0n/s

Last updated by Northeast Fisheries Science Center on May 14, 2026

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