Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology 3-year Review Report 2018
Hogan, Fiona, Jason Didden, Gustafson, Kristen, Ellen P. Keane, Christopher M. Legault, Dan Linden, Kimberly T. Murray, Palmer, Danielle, Potts, Douglas, C. Tholke, Sara E. Weeks, Susan E. Wigley · NOAA Institutional Repository · 2019
This document represents the entirety of the 2017 SBRM 3-year Review Report and reviews the annual information presented in SBRM 2015, 2016, and 2017 with regard to the recent levels of observer coverage and observed encounters with species. This report also summarizes estimates of total discards and their associated precision for SBRM species groups and the individual species composing these groups, by fleet and SBRM year, and addresses the 8 elements specified in the SBRM Omnibus Amendment. Additionally, this report contains a review for consistency with national guidance on SBRM.