Notice2025-17900
Management Track Assessment for Acadian Redfish, White Hake, Georges Bank Winter Flounder, Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine Yellowtail Flounder, and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail Flounder; Public Meeting
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Published
September 16, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Acadian redfish, white hake, Georges Bank winter flounder, Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine yellowtail flounder, and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder stocks. 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 lead stock assessment scientist 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 90, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44645-44647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17900]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF184]
Management Track Assessment for Acadian Redfish, White Hake,
Georges Bank Winter Flounder, Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine Yellowtail
Flounder, and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail Flounder;
Public Meeting
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 the Management Track Assessment Peer Review
Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Acadian redfish, white hake,
Georges Bank winter flounder, Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine yellowtail
flounder, and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder
stocks. 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 lead
stock assessment scientist 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 from September 15, 2025-September 18, 2025.
The public portion of the meeting will conclude on September 18, 2025
at 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for the daily meeting agenda.
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in Room 104 and Room 105 of the
Candle House at the Marine Biological Laboratory, 127 Water St., Woods
Hole, MA 02543 and virtually using this Google Meet link: <a href="https://meet.google.com/ucu-vwrf-veq">https://meet.google.com/ucu-vwrf-veq</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hooper, 508-258-9580;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2644544f4748084e4949564354664849474708414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90f2e2f9f1febef8ffffe0f5e2d0fefff1f1bef7ffe6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the
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 additional information about 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>.
Daily Meeting Agenda--Research Track Peer Review Meeting
The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may
be changed at the discretion of the Peer Review Chair.
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Time Stock Subject Presenter
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Monday, September 15, 2025
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9 a.m.............. ................ Welcome/ Brian Hooper;
Logistics Kristan
Conduct of Blackhart;
Meeting. Edward Camp,
Chair.
9:15 a.m........... White Hake...... Terms of Charles Adams;
Reference (TOR) Panel.
Review & Panel
Questions.
11:15 a.m.......... ................ Break...........
11:30 a.m.......... White Hake...... Public Comment.. Panel.
11:45 a.m.......... White Hake...... Panel Panel.
Deliberations.
12:30 p.m.......... White Hake...... Panel Panel.
Conclusions/
Recommendations
and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
1 p.m.............. ................ Lunch...........
2 p.m.............. ................ Overview of the Jonathan
Woods Hole Deroba.
Assessment
Model (WHAM).
3 p.m.............. Georges Bank TOR Review & Alex Hansell;
Yellowtail Panel Questions. Panel.
Flounder.
4 p.m.............. Georges Bank Public Comment.. Public.
Yellowtail
Flounder.
4:15 p.m........... ................ Break...........
4:30 p.m........... Georges Bank Panel Panel.
Yellowtail Deliberations.
Flounder.
4:45 p.m........... Georges Bank Panel Panel.
Yellowtail Conclusions/
Flounder. Recommendations
and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
5 p.m.............. ................ Adjourn.........
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
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9 a.m.............. ................ Welcome/ Brian Hooper;
Logistics. Edward Camp,
Chair.
9:05 a.m........... Acadian Redfish. TOR Review & Brian Linton;
Panel Questions. Panel.
10:45 a.m.......... ................ Break...........
11 a.m............. Acadian Redfish. TOR Review & Brian Linton;
Panel Panel.
Questions,
continued.
12:30 p.m.......... ................ Lunch...........
1:30 p.m........... Acadian Redfish. TOR Review & Brian Linton;
Panel Panel.
Questions,
continued.
2:45 p.m........... Acadian Redfish. Public Comment.. Public.
3 p.m.............. ................ Break...........
3:15 p.m........... Acadian Redfish. Panel Panel.
Deliberations.
4:15 p.m........... Acadian Redfish. Panel Panel.
Conclusions/
Recommendations
and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
5 p.m.............. ................ Adjourn.........
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
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9 a.m.............. ................ Welcome/ Brian Hooper;
Logistics. Edward Camp,
Chair.
9:05 a.m........... Georges Bank TOR Review & Alex Hansell;
Winter Flounder. Panel Questions. Panel.
10:45 a.m.......... ................ Break...........
11 a.m............. Georges Bank TOR Review & Alex Hansell;
Winter Flounder. Panel Panel.
Questions,
continued.
12:30 p.m.......... ................ Lunch...........
1:30 p.m........... Georges Bank Public Comment.. Public.
Winter Flounder.
1:45 p.m........... Georges Bank Panel Panel.
Winter Flounder. Deliberations.
2:45 p.m........... Georges Bank Panel Panel.
Winter Flounder. Conclusions/
Recommendations
and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
3 p.m.............. ................ Break...........
3:15 p.m........... ................ Closed panel
writing session.
5 p.m.............. ................ Adjourn.........
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Thursday, September 18, 2025
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9 a.m.............. ................ Welcome/ Brian Hooper;
Logistics. Edward Camp,
Chair.
9:05 a.m........... Southern New TOR Review & Cameron
England-Mid Panel Questions. Hodgdon;
Atlantic Panel.
Yellowtail
Flounder.
9:30 a.m........... Southern New Public Comment.. Public.
England-Mid
Atlantic
Yellowtail
Flounder.
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9:40 a.m........... Southern New Panel Panel.
England-Mid Deliberations.
Atlantic
Yellowtail
Flounder.
9:55 a.m........... Southern New Panel Panel.
England-Mid Conclusions/
Atlantic Recommendations
Yellowtail and Final Stock
Flounder. Wrap Up.
10:05 p.m.......... Cape Cod/Gulf of TOR Review & Larry Alade;
Maine Panel Panel.
Yellowtail Questions,
Flounder. continued.
10:30 a.m.......... Cape Cod/Gulf of Public Comment.. Public.
Maine
Yellowtail
Flounder.
10:40 a.m.......... Cape Cod/Gulf of Panel Panel.
Maine Deliberations.
Yellowtail
Flounder.
10:55 p.m.......... Cape Cod/Gulf of Panel Panel.
Maine Conclusions/
Yellowtail Recommendations
Flounder. and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
11:05 p.m.......... All stocks...... Final Meeting Panel.
Wrap Up, if
needed.
12 p.m............. ................ Lunch...........
1 p.m.............. ................ Closed panel Panel.
writing session.
3 p.m.............. ................ Adjourn.........
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Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Special requests should be directed to Brian
Hooper, via the email provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 12, 2025.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-17900 Filed 9-15-25; 8:45 am]
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