Management Track Assessment for American Plaice and Gulf of Maine Haddock; Public Meeting

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September 8, 2026

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Abstract

NMFS will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing American plaice and Gulf of Maine 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 172 (Tuesday, September 8, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57136-57137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18254]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XG029]

Management Track Assessment for American Plaice and Gulf of Maine
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 Review
Meeting for the purpose of reviewing American plaice and Gulf of Maine
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 September 22, 2026-September 23, 2026.
The public portion of the meeting will conclude on September 23, 2026
at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight 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="http://meet.google.com/qyi-zjqz-eat">http://meet.google.com/qyi-zjqz-eat</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hooper, 508-258-9580;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93f1e1faf2fdbdfbfcfce3f6e1d3fdfcf2f2bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="60021209010e4e080f0f100512200e0f01014e070f16">[email&#160;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--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.

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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10:45 a.m............................ American Plaice........ TOR Review & Panel Amanda Hart, Panel.
Questions, continued.
11:45 a.m............................ American Plaice........ Public Comment......... Panel.
12 p.m............................... ....................... Lunch..................
1 p.m................................ American Plaice........ Panel Deliberations.... Panel.
2:15 p.m............................. American Plaice........ Panel Conclusions/ Panel.
Recommendations and
Final Stock Wrap Up.
3 p.m................................ American Plaice........ Closed Panel Writing
Session.
5 p.m................................ ....................... Adjourn................
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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Time Stock Subject Presenter
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9 a.m................................ ....................... Welcome/Logistics, Brian Hooper, Kristan
Conduct of Meeting. Blackhart, Kai
Lorenzen, Chair.
9:05 a.m............................. Gulf of Maine Haddock.. Terms of Reference Charles Perretti,
(TOR) Review & Panel Panel.
Questions.
10:30 a.m............................ ....................... Break..................
10:45 a.m............................ Gulf of Maine Haddock.. TOR Review & Panel Charles Perretti,
Questions, continued. Panel.
11:45 a.m............................ Gulf of Maine Haddock.. Public Comment......... Panel.
12 p.m............................... ....................... Lunch..................
1 p.m................................ Gulf of Maine Haddock.. Panel Deliberations.... Panel.
2:15 p.m............................. Gulf of Maine Haddock.. Panel Conclusions/ Panel.
Recommendations and
Final Stock Wrap Up.
3 p.m................................ Gulf of Maine Haddock.. Closed 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 Tuesday, September 22nd, and Wednesday,
September 23rd, 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: September 2, 2026.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2026-18254 Filed 9-4-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

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