May 12 - 13, 2020 SSC Meeting

The Scientific and Statistical Committee met via webinar May 12-13, 2020.

Questions? Contact Brandon Muffley at bmuffley@mafmc.org or (302) 526-5260.

• May 2020 Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda (pdf)

  • Detailed Illex Discussion Order of Events (times are approximate)

Illex Workgroup Products and 2020-2021 ABC Information

1. Staff Memo (Didden)

2. Workgroup Conclusion Memo (Rago/Didden)

3. 2020 Illex Fishery Information Document

4. 2020 Illex Fishery Performance Report

5. Short Term Task # 1 – World Squid Assessment and Management Overview (Didden)

6. Data Requested by the MAFMC’s SSC Illex illecebrosus Working Group (Hendrickson) - A new version was posted on 5/20, and clarified text that the fall NEFSC 2019 survey number per tow was near the median.

   • Presentation

7. Short Term Task – NAFO & Illex (Didden)

8. An investigation of fine-scale CPUE for northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) using NEFSC Study Fleet data (Jones, Wright, Manderson, Mercer)

   • Presentation

9. Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) fishery footprint on the Northeast US continental shelf (Wright, Jones, Mercer, Manderson)

   • Presentation

10. Characterization of Body Weight Data from the Landings of Northern Shortfin Squid (Illex illecebrosus) and Preliminary Annual Landings-per-Unit-of-Effort for the Southern (USA) Stock Component (Hendrickson-Miller) - To get a copy of the document, please contact the authors Lisa Hendrickson or Alicia Miller at the NEFSC

    • Presentation 1

    • Presentation 2

11. Spatial Patterns of Fishing Effort from VMS and Implications for Fishing Mortality, 2017-2019 (Rago)

    • Presentation

12. Application of Envelope Method to Illex Squid: 1967-2019 (Rago)

    • Presentation

13. Identification of Indicators of Fishery Condition and Relative Abundance for Illex (Rago)

    • Presentation

14. On the Potential Use of the Leslie Davis Depletion Model for Estimating Population Size for Illex Squid: 1997-2018 (Rago)

    • Presentation

15. Short Term Task – Illex Aging, Update (Didden)

16. Cusum applications to seasonal catch and average weights:

    16a. Part 1: Application of Cusum Method for In-Season Detection of Fishery Condition for Illex Squid; Landings, 1996-2019 (Rago)

    Presentation

    16b. Part 2: Application of Cusum Method for In-Season Detection of Fishery Condition for Illex Squid; Mean Weight, 1997-2019 (Rago)

    Presentation

17. Data Mapping Table (Christel/Hyde)

18. SSC TORs for Illex

Supplemental Material:

• (S1) Draft Summary Report – Illex Population Ecology and Fishery Summit, November 25-26, 2019

  • Presentation

• (S2) Summary of May 11 MSB AP Meeting Input

Northeast Climate Habitat Vulnerability Assessment

1. One Page Assessment Overview

2. Summary of Assessment Methods

3. Presentation

Review updates and changes to OFL CV Guidance Document

1. OFL CV guidance document with suggested revisions

Other Business

1. 2020 SSC Species/Topics Lead Assignments