A top NOAA fisheries scientist has proposed dramatic change in yellowtail flounder stock assessments

smastBrian RothschildNEW BEDFORD — A top NOAA fisheries scientist has proposed a dramatic change in the way the agency makes its stock assessments for yellowtail flounder. The proposal by Dr. William Karp, director of the Northeast Regional Science Center, embraces the view of Dr. Brian Rothschild, professor emeritus at UMass Dartmouth. It reduces the reliance on statistical models that have proven unreliable and inadequate, instead calling on NOAA to employ additional data and information that it previously wouldn’t consider. Read more@southcoasttoday  19:36

2 Responses to A top NOAA fisheries scientist has proposed dramatic change in yellowtail flounder stock assessments

  1. how in the world did it get to this,noaa listening to reason?

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