Notice2024-12568
Management Track Assessment Peer Review for Four Stocks of Atlantic Cod, Atlantic Surfclam, Black Sea Bass, Butterfish, and Golden Tilefish
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Published
June 7, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS and the Assessment Oversight Panel will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing four stocks of Atlantic cod (western Gulf of Maine; eastern Gulf of Maine; Georges Bank; southern New England), as well as Atlantic surfclam, black sea bass, butterfish, and golden tilefish. The Management Track Assessment Peer Review is a formal scientific peer- review process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by the management track working groups and reviewed by an independent panel of stock assessment experts. The public is invited to attend the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48563-48565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12568]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE024]
Management Track Assessment Peer Review for Four Stocks of
Atlantic Cod, Atlantic Surfclam, Black Sea Bass, Butterfish, and Golden
Tilefish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS and the Assessment Oversight Panel will convene the
Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of
reviewing four stocks of Atlantic cod (western Gulf of Maine; eastern
Gulf of Maine; Georges Bank; southern New England), as well as Atlantic
surfclam, black sea bass, butterfish, and golden tilefish. The
Management Track Assessment Peer Review is a formal scientific peer-
review process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results
to managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the
northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by the management track
working groups and reviewed by an independent panel of stock assessment
experts. The public is invited to attend the presentations and
discussions between the review panel and the scientists who have
participated in the stock assessment process.
DATES: The public portion of the Management Track Assessment Peer
Review Meeting will be held June 18-25, 2024. The meeting will conclude
on June 25, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via Google Meet:
<bullet> Video call link: <a href="https://meet.google.com/cvj-xzxh-vuj">https://meet.google.com/cvj-xzxh-vuj</a>.
<bullet> Dial-in number (US): +1 505-596-1588; PIN: 594 430 759#.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Traver, 508-495-2195,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d70747e7578717833696f7c6b786f5d73727c7c337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bed3d7ddd6dbd2db90caccdfc8dbccfed0d1dfdf90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For an outline of the stock assessment
process please visit the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
website at <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/fishery-stock-assessments-new-england-and-mid-atlantic">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/fishery-stock-assessments-new-england-and-mid-atlantic</a>. For specific information about the management track
assessment peer review, please visit the NEFSC web page at <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/management-track-stock-assessments">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/management-track-stock-assessments</a>.
The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may
be changed at the discretion of the Peer Review Chair.
Daily Meeting Agenda--Management Track Peer Review Meeting
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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Time Subject Presenter
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9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m.......... Welcome/Logistics/ Michele Traver,
Conduct of Meeting. Kristan Blackhart,
John Wiedenmann,
Chair.
9:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m......... WGOM Cod............ Charles Perretti.
11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m........ Break...............
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m........ WGOM Cod cont. Charles Perretti
Discussion/ Panel.
Questions.
12:30 p.m.-12:45 p.m........ Public Comment...... Public.
12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m......... Lunch...............
1:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.......... EGOM Cod............ Cameron Hodgdon.
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.......... Break...............
3:45 p.m.-4:15 p.m.......... EGOM Cod cont. Cameron Hodgdon
Discussion/ Panel.
Questions.
4:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.......... Daily Wrap Up Panel.
Summary/Discussion.
4:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.......... Public Comment...... Public.
4:45 p.m.................... Adjourn.............
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Thursday, June 20, 2024
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Time Subject Presenter
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9:30 a.m.-9:35 a.m.......... Welcome/Logistics... Michele Traver, John
Wiedenmann, Chair.
9:35 a.m.-11 a.m............ SNE Cod............. Alex Hansell.
11 a.m.-11:15 a.m........... Break...............
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m........ SNE Cod cont. Alex Hansell Panel.
Discussion/
Questions.
12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m........ Public Comment...... Public.
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m......... Lunch...............
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.......... GB Cod.............. Amanda Hart.
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.......... Break...............
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.......... GB Cod cont. Amanda Hart Panel.
Discussion/
Questions.
4:45 p.m.-5 p.m............. Daily Wrap Up Panel.
Summary/Discussion.
5 p.m.-5:15 p.m............. Public Comment...... Public.
5:15 p.m.................... Adjourn.............
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Friday, June 21, 2024
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Time Subject Presenter
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9:30 a.m.-9:35 a.m.......... Welcome/Logistics... Michele Traver, John
Wiedenmann, Chair.
9:35 a.m.-11 a.m............ Meeting Wrap Up/Key Panel.
Points.
11 a.m.-4 p.m............... Report Writing...... Panel.
4 p.m....................... Adjourn.............
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Monday, June 24, 2024
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Time Subject Presenter
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1 p.m.-1:15 p.m............. Welcome/Logistics/ Michele Traver,
Conduct of Meeting. Kristan Blackhart,
Paul Rago, Chair.
1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.......... Black Sea Bass...... Emily Liljestrand.
3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.......... Break...............
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.......... Daily Wrap Up Panel.
Summary/Discussion.
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m............. Public Comment...... Public.
4 p.m....................... Adjourn.............
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024
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Time Subject Presenter
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8:30 a.m.-8:35 a.m.......... Welcome/Logistics/ Michele Traver, Paul
Conduct of Meeting. Rago, Chair.
8:35 a.m.-10:30 a.m......... Golden Tilefish..... Paul Nitschke.
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m........ Break...............
10:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m........ Golden Tilefish Paul Nitschke Panel.
cont. Discussion/
Questions.
11:45 a.m.-12 p.m........... Public Comment...... Public.
12 p.m.-1 p.m............... Lunch...............
1 p.m.-3 p.m................ Butterfish Charles Adams Panel.
Discussion/
Questions.
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m............. Break...............
3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.......... Atlantic Surf Clam Dan Hennen Panel.
Discussion/
Questions.
4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.......... Daily Wrap Up Panel.
Summary/Discussion.
5:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.......... Public Comment...... Public.
5:30 p.m.................... Adjourn.............
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The meeting is open to the public; however, during the ``Report
Writing'' session on Friday, June 21, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the
public should not engage in discussion with the Peer Review Panel.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Special requests should be directed to Michele Traver, via email.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 4, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-12568 Filed 6-6-24; 8:45 am]
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