NOAA adds chinook, tuna stocks to annual overfishing list

There were both improvements and downfalls, year-to-year, in NOAA Fisheries' 2015 Status of Stocks report, but on balance, the news was negative.

"Eight stocks were removed from the overfishing list but we did have 10 come on, which is a higher number than we usually have," said Alan Risenhoover, NOAA Fisheries Office of Sustainable Fisheries director.  Two stocks came off the overfished list, and three were added.

NOAA Fisheries tracks 473 stocks and stock complexes in 46 fishery management plans (FMP).

Of 313 stocks with a known status, 28, or 9 percent, are subject to overfishing.