2013 Assessment of the Sablefish Stock in Alaska

April 22, 2013

Because of the 2013 government shutdown, there was insufficient time to present alternate model configurations or new analyses, and some sections may not be fully updated. Relative to last year’s assessment, we made the following substantive changes in the current assessment.

Input data: New data included in the assessment model were relative abundance and length data from the 2013 longline survey, relative abundance and length data from the 2012 longline and trawl fisheries, age data from the 2012 longline survey and 2012 fixed gear fishery, abundance and length data from the 2013 Gulf of Alaska trawl survey, updated 2012 catch, and projected 2013 catch.