July 24-26, 2023 SSC Meeting

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee met July 24 – 26, 2023 in Philadelphia, PA. The meeting was held at the Philadelphia Marriott Old City (1 Dock Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106).

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

• July 2023 SSC Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Combined Briefing Materials

• Executive Summary

Bluefish 2024-2025 ABC Specifications

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Bluefish

2. Staff Memo: 2024-2025 Bluefish ABC Recommendations

3. 2024-2025 Bluefish OFL/ABC Stock Projections

4. Draft Bluefish OFL CV Decision Criteria Summary

5. Draft 2023 Bluefish Management Track Assessment Report

   (See the Stock Assessment Support Information (SASINF) Search Tool for additional information including tables and figures)

6. Draft 2023 Management Track Peer Review Panel Summary Report

7. February 23, 2023 Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) Report

8. Summary Report of the 2022 Bluefish Research Track Stock Assessment Peer Review

9. Center for Independent Experts (CIE) Report for the 2023 Bluefish Research Track Stock Assessment Peer Review: Cook, Powers, Medley

10. 2022 Bluefish Research Track Assessment Working Group Report

11. 2023 Bluefish Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

12. Bluefish 2023 Fishery Information Document

13. Presentation 1 – NEFSC Presentation

14. Presentation 2 – Council Staff Presentation

Black Sea Bass 2024 ABC Specification

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Black Sea Bass

2. Staff Memo: 2024 Black Sea Bass ABC Recommendation

3. 2023 NEFSC Black Sea Bass Data Update

4. 2023 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

5. Black Sea Bass 2023 Fishery Information Document

6. Presentation

Scup 2024-2025 ABC Specifications

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Scup

2. Staff Memo: 2024-2025 Scup ABC Recommendations

3. OFL/ABC Scup Stock Projections

4. Draft Scup OFL CV Decision Criteria Summary

5. Draft 2023 Scup Management Track Stock Assessment Report

6. Draft 2023 Management Track Peer Review Panel Summary Report (same report as found under Bluefish above)

7. February 23, 2023 Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) Report (same report as found under Bluefish above)

8. 60th SAW/SARC Stock Assessment Report (2015)

9. 2023 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (same report as found under Black Sea Bass above)

10. Scup 2023 Fishery Information Document

11. Presentation 1 - NEFSC Presentation

12. Presentation 2 - Council Staff Presentation

Summer Flounder 2024-2025 ABC Specifications

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Summer Flounder

2. Staff Memo: 2024-2025 Summer Flounder ABC Recommendations

3. OFL/ABC Summer Flounder Stock Projections

4. Draft Summer Flounder OFL CV Decision Criteria Summary

5. Draft 2023 Summer Flounder Management Track Stock Assessment Report

6. Draft 2023 Management Track Peer Review Panel Summary Report (same report as found under Bluefish above)

7. February 23, 2023 Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) Report (same report as found under Bluefish above)

8. 66th SAW/SARC Stock Assessment Report (2018)

9. 2023 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (same report as found under Black Sea Bass above)

10. Summer Flounder 2023 Fishery Information Document

11. Presentation 1 - NEFSC Presentation

12. Presentation 2 - Council Staff Presentation

National Standard 1 Technical Memo – Reference Points and Status Determination

1. Draft N.S. 1 Technical Guidance Memo: Estimating Status Determination Reference Points and their Proxies

2. Presentation

Longfin Squid

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Longfin Squid

2. Staff Memo: 2024-2026 Longfin Squid ABC Recommendations

3. Final 2023 Longfin Squid Management Track Assessment Report

   Figures

   Tables

4. Draft 2023 Management Track Peer Review Panel Summary Report (same report as found under Bluefish above)

5. February 23, 2023 Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) Report (same report as found under Bluefish above)

6. 2023 Longfin Squid Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

7. 2023 Longfin Fishery Information Document

8. 51st SAW/SARC Assessment Summary Report (2010)

9. 51st SAW/SARC Assessment Report (2010)

10. Presentation 1 - NEFSC Presentation

11. Presentation 2 - Council Staff Presentation

Atlantic Mackerel 2024-2025 ABC Specifications

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Atlantic Mackerel

2. Staff Memo: 2024-2025 Atlantic Mackerel ABC Recommendations

3. Recruitment Survival Sensitivity Rebuilding/ABC Stock Projection

4. Draft 2023 Atlantic Mackerel Management Track Assessment Report

   (See the Stock Assessment Support Information (SASINF) Search Tool for additional information including tables and figures)

5. 2023 Atlantic Mackerel Canadian Stock Assessment Report

6. 2023 Atlantic Mackerel Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

7. 2023 Atlantic Mackerel Fishery Information Document

8. Supplemental:

   • July 19, 2023 letter to Mid-Atlantic Council from Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Atlantic Mackerel assessment and rebuilding

   • Wasp-waist populations and marine ecosystem dynamics: Navigating the ‘‘predator pit’’ topographies (Bakun 2006)

   • Breeding failure of seabirds in relation to fish depletion: Is there one universal threshold of food abundance? (Guillemette et. al. 2018)

   • Consumption by marine mammals on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf (Smith et. al. 2015)

   • 2021 OFL CV Table for Atlantic Mackerel

9. Presentation 1 - NEFSC Presentation

10. Presentation 2 - Council Staff Presentation

Other Business

1. Draft Report from July 12, 2023 SSC Meeting:  Comments on NMFS Draft Fisheries Climate Governance Policy