Notice2026-11200
Management Track Assessment for Atlantic Herring and Georges Bank Haddock; Public Meeting
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Published
June 4, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Atlantic herring and Georges Bank haddock 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 91, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33702-33703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11200]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF830]
Management Track Assessment for Atlantic Herring and Georges Bank
Haddock; 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
[[Page 33703]]
Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Atlantic herring and
Georges Bank haddock 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 June 29, 2026-June 30, 2026. The
public portion of the meeting will conclude on June 30, 2026 at 3 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the
daily meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the S.H. Clark Conference Room
in the Aquarium Building of the National Marine Fisheries Service,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166 Water Street, Woods
Hole, MA 02543 and virtually using this Google Meet link: <a href="https://meet.google.com/hix-cwqp-crp">https://meet.google.com/hix-cwqp-crp</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hooper, 508-258-9580;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c4d4cfc7c888cec9c9d6c3d4e6c8c9c7c788c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e7f7ece4ebabedeaeaf5e0f7c5ebeae4e4abe2eaf3">[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 webpage 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--Management 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, June 29, 2026
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9 a.m............. ................ Welcome/ Brian Hooper.
Logistics Kristan
Conduct of Blackhart. Peer
Meeting. Review Chair.
9:15 a.m.......... Georges Bank Terms of Liz Brooks.
Haddock. Reference (TOR) Panel.
Review & Panel
Questions.
10:30 a.m......... ................ Break...........
10:45 a.m......... Georges Bank TOR Review & Liz Brooks.
Haddock. Panel Panel.
Questions,
continued.
11:45 a.m......... Georges Bank Public Comment.. Panel.
Haddock.
12 p.m............ ................ Lunch...........
1 p.m............. Georges Bank Panel Panel.
Haddock. Deliberations.
2:15 p.m.......... Georges Bank Panel Panel.
Haddock. Conclusions/
Recommendations
and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
3 p.m............. Georges Bank Closed Panel Panel.
Haddock. Writing Session.
5 p.m............. ................ Adjourn.........
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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9 a.m............. ................ Welcome/ Brian Hooper.
Logistics. Peer Review
Chair.
9:05 a.m.......... Atlantic Herring TOR Review & Jonathan Deroba.
Panel Questions. Panel.
10:30 a.m......... Atlantic Herring Public Comment.. Public.
10:45 a.m......... ................ Break...........
11 a.m............ Atlantic Herring Panel Panel.
Deliberations.
11:30 a.m......... Atlantic Herring Panel Panel.
Conclusions/
Recommendations
and Final Stock
Wrap Up.
12 p.m............ ................ Lunch...........
1 p.m............. All stocks...... Final Meeting Panel.
Wrap Up, if
needed (else
closed panel
writing
session).
3 p.m............. ................ Closed Panel Panel.
Writing Session.
5 p.m............. ................ Adjourn.........
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The meeting is open to the public; however, during the ``Closed
Panel Writing Session'' on Monday, June 29th, and Tuesday, June 30th,
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 Brian Hooper, via the email
provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 2, 2026.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-11200 Filed 6-3-26; 8:45 am]
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