May 10-11, 2022 SSC Meeting

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee met via webinar Tuesday, May 10 - Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

Contact: Brandon Muffley, bmuffley@mafmc.org, (302) 526-5260

• May 2022 SSC Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Download All Meeting Materials (zip file) - does not include presentations or supplemental materials

SSC Guidance on the Harvest Control Rule

1. Draft Report from the SSC HCR Sub-Group

2. Appendix 1 of Draft Report – Potential Effects of HCR Methods on Overfish Status (P. Rago)

3. Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda Public Comment Document

4. Harvest Control Rule Quick Reference Guide

• Report: Final SSC Report on Implications of Recreational Harvest Control Rules on ABC Specification (posted (5/19/22)

Introductory Overview of 2022 Illex Research Track Stock Assessment

1. Draft 2022 Illex Research Track Stock Assessment Report – Executive Summary

2. Draft 2022 Illex Research Track Stock Assessment Report – ToR #3: age, length, cohort, and trace elemental analysis

3. Working Paper: Oceanographic indicators for Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrocus) in the Northwest Atlantic

   • Presentation

4. Draft 2022 Illex Research Track Stock Assessment Report – Generalized Depletion Model

   • Presentation

Introductory Overview of the 2022 Butterfish Research Track Assessment

1. Draft 2022 Butterfish Research Track Stock Assessment Butterfish Report – Executive Summary

   • Presentation

2. A state-space assessment of butterfish using the Woods Hole Assessment Model (WHAM) (Stock and Miller)

3. Draft 2022 Butterfish Research Track Stock Assessment – Butterfish Condition Analysis

   • Presentation

4. Draft 2022 Butterfish Research Track Stock Assessment – Consumptive Removals by Marine Mammals

5. Working Paper: Seabird Predation on Butterfish

6. Working Paper: Consumption of Butterfish at Various Life Stages by Fishes of the Northeast

Ecosystem and Socio-economic profiles

1. Synthesizing integrated ecosystem research to create informed stock-specific indicators for next generation stock assessments (Shotwell et al. 2022)

2. Alaska ESP example: 2019 Sablefish

3. Additional ESP Resources and Information

4. Presentation

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 2023 ABC Review

1. Staff memo: Review of 2023 Measures for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

2. 2022 NEFSC Commercial Fishery Data Update for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog:

   • Atlantic Surfclam

   • Ocean Quahog

3. Estimated Portion of Undersized Surfclam Landings in 2021

4. 2022 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

5. 2022 Atlantic Surfclam Fishery Information Document

6. 2022 Ocean Quahog Fishery Information Document

7. 2020 Management Track Peer Review Report for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

8. Presentation

Longfin Squid 2023 ABC Review

1. Staff memo: Review of 2023 Measures for Longfin Squid

2. 2022 Longfin Squid Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

3. 2022 Longfin Squid Fishery Information Document

4. NEFSC longfin catch and index figures

5. Presentation

Chub Mackerel 2023-2025 ABC Recommendations

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Chub Mackerel

2. Staff memo: 2023-2025 ABC Recommendations and Considerations

3. 2022 Chub Mackerel Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

4. 2022 Chub Mackerel Fishery Information Document

5. Presentation

Supplemental
Stock assessment and fishery information for chub mackerel and closely related species in other regions

• Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Document for Pacific Council Coastal Pelagic Species FMP

• Pacific mackerel stock assessment June 2019

• ICES Workshops on Chub Mackerel: Workshop 1 (2020), Workshop 2 (2021)

• FAO Summary of Atlantic Chub Mackerel Landings by Region, 2010-2019 (see Table B-37, page 324; Source: FAO 2019 Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics)

Other supplemental documents considered during previous SSC meetings

• Characterization of the Atlantic Chub Mackerel Fishery and Stock, Robert Leaf, University of Southern Mississippi (2020)

• Age and Growth of Atlantic Chub Mackerel (Scomber colias) in the Northwest Atlantic (Daley and Leaf, 2019)

• Chub Mackerel Literature Review (2017)

• NEFSC survey data on chub mackerel (2017)

Constant/Average ABC Calculations

1. April 21, 2022 Sub-Group Meeting Summary

2. Draft White Paper (P. Rago): Implications of MAFMC Risk Policy for Multi-Year ABC Recommendations

3. Presentation