After A Stock Assessment
After a stock assessment is completed, the findings are provided to regional fishery management councils. The council identifies stocks that are endanger of or currently undergoing overfishing and then develops fishery management plans and regulations. Fishery management plans (FMP) must protect fishery resources while maintaining opportunities for domestic recreational and commercial fishing at sustainable levels of effort and yield. If a stock already has a FMP, the stock assessment is used to modify the FMP in response to current conditions. The public are also encouraged to participate in the management process and public hearings are held to allow for comment before the new management policies are enforced.
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