March 10 - 11, 2020 SSC Meeting

The Scientific and Statistical Committee met March 10-11, 2020.

• March 2020 SSC Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda (PDF)

Golden Tilefish

1. SSC TORs for Golden Tilefish

2. Staff Memo: 2021 and interim 2022 Golden Tilefish ABC recommendations

3. 2020 Advisory Panel Golden Tilefish Fishery Performance Report

4. 2020 NEFSC Golden Tilefish Data Update

5. 2020 Golden Tilefish Fishery Information Document

6. Presentation

Blueline Tilefish

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2021 Blueline Tilefish measures

2. 2020 Blueline Tilefish Fishery Performance Report

3. 2020 Advisory Panel Blueline Tilefish Fishery Information Document

4. Presentation

Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem

1. 2020 Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem Report

2. State of the Ecosystem Response Memo

3. 2020 EAFM Risk Assessment Update Report

4. Staff presentation: Update on Mid-Atlantic Council EAFM activities

5. SOE and Risk Assessment presentation

Stock Assessment Schedule

1. Draft Management Track Assessment Plans for February 25th, 2020 Assessment Oversight Panel Meeting

2. 2020 NEFSC Data Update Memo

3. 2020 – 2024 Management and Research Track Assessment Schedule

4. Possible 2025 Research Track Ideas

MRIP Q&A

1. Staff Memo: Background Information

2. Effects of survey changes on MRIP estimates, using bluefish as a case study

3. Public Comment (added 3/6/20)

   Supplemental Materials

   • Technical Overview: MRIP Survey Design and Statistical Methods

   • Final Mail Design Report

   • Fishing Effort Survey Calibration peer review

   • Final report from August 2019 South Atlantic Council SSC MRIP Workshop

   • August 2019 South Atlantic Council SSC MRIP Workshop Briefing Book

4. Webinar Recording

Risk Policy

1. Staff Memo: Changes to Mid-Atlantic Council’s Risk Policy

   Supplemental Materials

   • Fine-tuning the ABC control rule for Mid-Atlantic fisheries report by Dr. John Wiedenmann

   • Economic Trade-offs of Additional Alternative ABC Control Rules for Summer Flounder and Implications for Scup and Butterfish draft report by Cyrus Teng and Dr. Doug Lipton

2. Presentation

Other Business – Illex Workgroup

• Staff Memo: Illex Workgroup Updates