Notice2024-30733
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Alaska Pollock Workshop
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December 26, 2024
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Abstract
NMFS will convene a workshop on walleye pollock in Alaska for the purposes of synthesizing ongoing research, building and strengthening collaborations, and highlighting topics which need more attention. The focus will be on biological and ecological scientific research.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104986-104988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30733]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE537]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Alaska
Pollock Workshop
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS will convene a workshop on walleye pollock in Alaska for
the purposes of synthesizing ongoing research, building and
strengthening collaborations, and highlighting topics which need more
attention. The focus will be on biological and ecological scientific
research.
DATES: The workshop is open to the public from January 14, 2025-Jan 16,
2025 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific standard time. Please see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a hybrid format with the in-person
component in Room 2076, Building 4, Alaska Fisheries Science Center,
Western Regional Center, Seattle, WA. The virtual component will be
held on Google Meet at: <a href="https://meet.google.com/wwy-yxuo-usf">https://meet.google.com/wwy-yxuo-usf</a>.
Or dial: (US) +1 636-649-4229 PIN: 118 376 198; FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT: Cole Monnahan, 206-526-4224;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2b1bdbeb7fcbfbdbcbcb3bab3bc92bcbdb3b3fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="accfc3c0c982c1c3c2c2cdc4cdc2ecc2c3cdcd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wm5by946rWdgrcdz5JgywTvC_KueUQVFCxU9AGUdDqE">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wm5by946rWdgrcdz5JgywTvC_KueUQVFCxU9AGUdDqE</a>.
Daily Meeting Agenda
The agenda is subject to change; all times are in Pacific Standard
Time (PST), and are approximate and may be changed at the discretion of
the coordinators. Presentations are grouped by themes, and can focus on
different large marine ecosystems (LME) in Alaska, including the Gulf
of Alaska (GOA), Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), the Northern
Bering Sea (NBS), and the Eastern Bering Sea (EBS).
Day 1--Tuesday January 14th
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Start PST Length (mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME
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9 a.m.............................. 15 ...................... Monnahan.............. Introductions..............
9:15 a.m........................... 15 ...................... Monnahan.............. Work shop goals and
products: conceptual
models of key processes.
9:30 a.m........................... 15 Early life history.... L Rogers.............. Changes in the timing of BSAI/GOA.
spawning and early life
stage development.
9:45 a.m........................... 15 Early life history.... Page.................. Fall Condition of Young-Of- EBS/NBS.
The-Year Walleye Pollock
in the Southeastern and
Northern Bering Sea.
10 a.m............................. 15 Early life history.... Stabeno............... EcoFOCI.................... GOA.
10:15 a.m.......................... 15 Early life history.... Slesinger............. Population-specific and GOA.
temperature effects on
hatch timing and success.
10:30 a.m.......................... 15 ...................... ...................... Break......................
10:45 a.m.......................... 15 Early life history.... Laurel................ A history of Gulf of Alaska GOA.
age-0 pollock in the
nearshore.
11 a.m............................. 15 Early life history.... Miller................ GOA-wide juvenile gadid GOA.
survey.
11:15 a.m.......................... 15 Early life history.... Champagnat............ DSEM models to explain GOA.
variation in recruitment
in the GOA.
11:30 a.m.......................... 30 Early life history.... ...................... General Discussion......... All.
12 p.m............................. 60 Early life history.... ...................... Breakout discussion: Split GOA/BSAI.
building conceptual models
of recruitment.
1 p.m.............................. 60 ...................... ...................... Lunch break................
2 p.m.............................. 15 Biology & feeding Goldstein............. Age, growth, life history, BSAI/GOA.
ecology. FT-NIRS for age,
condition, and
reproduction.
2:15 p.m........................... 15 Biology & feeding Lamb.................. Results of multi-year GOA.
ecology. juvenile pollock diet
study (WGOA).
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2:30 p.m........................... 15 Biology & feeding Reum.................. Decadal patterns in walleye BSAI/GOA.
ecology. pollock diets in Alaskan
marine ecosystems.
2:45 p.m........................... 15 Biology & feeding Indivero.............. Spatio-temporal model of EBS.
ecology. weight-at-age; forecasting
distribution shifts with
climate change and spatial
overlap with choke species.
3 p.m.............................. 15 Biology & feeding Miller................ Patterns in movement and EBS.
ecology. trophic behavior of adult
walleye pollock in the
Bering Sea--results from
stable isotope analysis of
eye lenses.
3:15 p.m........................... 15 Biology & feeding Abookire.............. Effects of ocean warming on GOA.
ecology. weight at age,
recruitment, and age
structure diversity for
GOA walleye pollock.
3:30 p.m........................... 15 Biology & feeding Bigman................ Changes in size-at-age of EBS.
ecology. pollock with temperature
and oxygen.
3:45 p.m........................... 15 ...................... ...................... Break......................
4 p.m.............................. 30 Biology & feeding ...................... General Discussion......... All.
ecology.
4:30 p.m........................... 60 Biology & feeding ...................... Breakout discussion: Split GOA/BSAI.
ecology. building conceptual models
of growth.
5:30 p.m........................... 30 ...................... ...................... Conclude for day...........
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Day 2--Wednesday, January 15th
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Start time PST Length (mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME
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9 a.m.............................. 15 ...................... McGowan............... Recap and updates on
conceptual models.
9:15 a.m........................... 15 Population monitoring. Vechter............... Past, current, and BSAI/GOA.
potential future data
collections from the
commercial pollock fishery.
9:30 a.m........................... 15 Population monitoring. Yochum................ Fishery-dependent data BSAI/GOA.
collection.
9:45 a.m........................... 15 Population monitoring. Schaal................ Genomic analysis of GOA and BSAI/GOA.
Bering Sea Pollock.
10 a.m............................. 15 Population monitoring. Wassermann............ Pollock population BSAI/GOA.
monitoring issues.
10:15 a.m.......................... 15 Population monitoring. Neidecher............. Maturity, hisology, BSAI/GOA.
fecundity data used to
assess spawning stratagy
and changes in spawning
patterns.
10:30 a.m.......................... 15 ...................... ...................... Break......................
10:45 a.m.......................... 15 Population monitoring. Ressler............... Acoustic-trawl surveys of BSAI/GOA.
pollock in Alaska--what
they provide, outstanding
questions.
11 a.m............................. 15 Population monitoring. Levine................ Use of moored echosounders BSAI/GOA.
to better understand
pollock behavior.
11:15 a.m.......................... 60 Population monitoring. ...................... General Discussion......... All.
12:15 p.m.......................... 60 ...................... ...................... Lunch break................
1:15 p.m........................... 15 Predation/food webs... Dorn.................. GOA-CLIM................... GOA.
1:30 p.m........................... 15 Predation/food webs... Holsman............... Climate integrated stock BSAI/GOA.
assessment advice.
1:45 p.m........................... 15 Predation/food webs... Barnes................ Predators as samplers: GOA.
using food habits data to
inform climate- and
community-driven shifts in
habitat quality for EFH
species.
2 p.m.............................. 15 Predation/food webs... Gerson................ Using predators as samplers GOA.
to quantify foraging
landscapes throughout the
Gulf of Alaska.
2:15 p.m........................... 15 Predation/food webs... Rovellini............. Implications of arrowtooth GOA.
flounder predation on
pollock for GOA Optimum
Yield.
2:30 p.m........................... 15 ...................... ...................... Break......................
2:45 p.m........................... 15 Predation/food webs... McHuron............... Marine mammal consumption BSAI/GOA.
of pollock.
3 p.m.............................. 60 Predation/food webs... ...................... General Discussion......... All.
4 p.m.............................. 45 ...................... ...................... Breakout discussions for
conceptual models.
4:45 p.m........................... .............. ...................... ...................... Conclude for day...........
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Day 3--Thursday January 16th
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Start time PST Length (mins) Theme Presenter Topic LME
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9 a.m.............................. 15 ...................... Ferriss............... Recap from day 2........... GOA.
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9:15 a.m........................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Miller................ Establishing new trophic EBS.
indices of age-0 pollock
for the Bering Sea: a
stable isotopic
retrospective analysis of
trophic response to
changing ocean conditions.
9:30 a.m........................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Wassermann............ EBS pollock model-based EBS.
indices.
9:45 a.m........................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Siddon................ EBS ESR and EBS Pollock EBS.
risk table.
10 a.m............................. 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Ferriss............... GOA Risk table ecosystem GOA.
information: data included
and gaps.
10:15 a.m.......................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Shotwell.............. GOA pollock ESP indicators GOA.
and applications to ABC
and TAC decisions.
10:30 a.m.......................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Whitney............... Can ecosystem and or socio- BSAI.
economic functions play a
role in specifying
management objectives?.
10:45 a.m.......................... 15 ...................... ...................... Break......................
11 a.m............................. 15 Climate/ecosystem..... M. Rogers............. NBS Regional Work Plan-- NBS.
Pollock isoscapes in warm
and cold conditions.
11:15 a.m.......................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Thorson............... State-space models to EBS.
integrate climate and
forage drivers into
research and operations.
11:30 a.m.......................... 15 Climate/ecosystem..... Adams................. Single and multi-species GOA.
management strategies
under climate change.
11:45 a.m.......................... 60 Climate/ecosystem..... ...................... General Discussion......... All.
12:45 p.m.......................... 60 ...................... ...................... Lunch break................
1:45 p.m........................... 30 Recruitment model..... TBD................... Present hypothesized set of GOA.
conceptual models for
recruitment.
2:15 p.m........................... 30 Growth model.......... TBD................... Present hypothesized set of GOA.
conceptual models for
growth.
2:45 p.m........................... 15 ...................... ...................... Break......................
3 p.m.............................. 30 Recruitment model..... TBD................... Present hypothesized set of BSAI.
conceptual models for
recruitment.
3:30 p.m........................... 30 Growth model.......... TBD................... Present hypothesized set of BSAI.
conceptual models for
growth.
4 p.m.............................. 60 Report writing........
5 p.m.............................. .............. ...................... ...................... Conclude for day...........
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The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `Report
Writing' session on Thursday, January 16th, the public should not
engage in discussion.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Special requests should be directed to Cole Monnahan, via email (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Dated: December 19, 2024.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30733 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am]
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