Oregon's Sardine Fishery 2008 Summary

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Citation

Originator: Smith, Jill and Gregory Krutzikowsky

Publish Date: 2009

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: cedric.x.cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) management has been transformed over the recent decade as a result of biological and industry changes in the directed sardine industry coast wide. Below is a brief overview of the federal and state management plans. In the past, sardines were only managed by the individual states of California, Oregon, and Washington. In 1999, the Pacific Fishery Management Council's Amendment 8 Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan (formerly the Northern Anchovy Fishery Management Plan) placed Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax), Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus), Jack mackerel (Trachurus symmetricus), and market squid (Loligo opalescens) in a management unit with Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax). Under the plan, an annual coast-wide harvest guideline (HG) for sardines was established beginning in 2000 (Table 1). The HG is based on annual sardine biomass assessments and a maximum sustainable yield control rule defined in the Fishery Management Plan.

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Time Period of Content: 1999-2008

Geographic Extent: Oregon

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

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