Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish SAFE Report

Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports are documents or sets of documents that summarize the best scientific information available for federally managed fish stocks. This includes information concerning the biological condition of stocks and marine ecosystems, essential fish habitat (EFH), and the socioeconomic condition of commercial and recreational fisheries. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requires that SAFE reports be made available on a publicly accessible website to facilitate use of the information.

Listed below are the documents that comprise the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) SAFE report.

Last updated: August 28, 2023

NEPA Documents for Recent Actions

• 2023 Illex Squid Specifications EA

• Amendment 23 EA (Atlantic mackerel)

• Chub Mackerel 2023-2025 Specifications and Butterfish 2023-2024 Specifications SIR

• Atlantic Mackerel (2021-2022), Ilex Squid (2021), Longfin Squid (2021-2023), and Butterfish (2021-2022) Specifications EA and IRFA

• Omnibus ABC and Risk Policy Framework EA

• Amendment 21 (Chub mackerel)

SAFE Report Components: Significant trends; previous management actions; fishery specifications; fishing mortality; bycatch of non-target species; economic, social, and biological status and impacts of measures; status determination criteria (SDC); rebuilding measures; essential fish habitat (EFH) information; safety

Stock Assessment Reports

• 2021 Atlantic Mackerel Management Track Assessment 

• 2022 Illex Research Track Stock Assessment

  • Evaluation of Alternative Catch Limits for Illex in 2023 (Hendrickson, Rago)

  • Effects of Survey Uncertainty on Risk of Violating Escapement and Fishing Mortality (P. Rago)

  • User Manual for Illex Risk Analysis, v1.0 (Rago)

• 2020 Longfin Squid Management Track Assessment 

• 2020 Butterfish Management Track Assessment

SAFE Report Components: Stock and ecosystem status; SDC; data gaps; fishing mortality

Fishery Information Documents

• 2023 Chub Mackerel Fishery Information Document

• 2023 Illex Fishery Information Document

• 2022 Longfin Squid Fishery Information Document

• 2022 Atlantic Mackerel Fishery Information Document

• 2021 Butterfish Fishery Information Document

SAFE Report Components: Significant trends; previous management actions; SDC; fishing mortality; social and economic status