2024 Fall Resource Survey Report, Bottom Trawl Survey: Cape Hatteras - Gulf of Maine, 07 September - 11 November 2024, NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow (FSV 225)

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center has completed the 2024 fall multispecies bottom trawl survey aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow, sampling 371 representative stations and 33 non-representative stations between September 07 - November 11, 2024. This long-term, fishery-independent survey assesses the abundance and distribution of marine species across the Northwest Atlantic continental shelf, from Cape Lookout, NC, to the Scotian Shelf. Collected data included biological parameters such as age, length, weight, sex, maturity, and stomach contents, serving as critical inputs for regional fish stock assessments and management decisions by relevant fisheries councils and commissions.