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Originally Posted by buckman
Is that because there are other factors, that regardless of how few we kill ,we don't have control over ?
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The 50% chance of success is used in reference to getting the fishing mortality (F) down to the new target levels within one year. Fishing mortality is the one factor that ASMFC and we as anglers do have control over.
The new reduced target levels for fishing mortality (F) are supposed to help protect the spawning biomass (SSB) which, based on the 2013 stock assessment, has been shrinking. The SSB has been shrinking both due to fishing mortality and other factors that we have little or no control over including a number of years of poor recruitment.