March 7 – 8, 2023 SSC Meeting

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) met via webinar March 7 – 8, 2023.

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

• March 2023 SSC Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Combined Briefing Materials (zip file) - updated 3/7/23 (Please note that the zip file contains reduced-size versions of the documents denoted with an asterisk on this page. Use the links below to download the full-size versions.)

Ecosystem Science Updates

1. 2023 Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem Report

2. SOE Cover Letter and Request Memo*

3. 2023 EAFM Risk Assessment Update

4. SSC Ecosystem Work Group Update*

5. Presentation

Short-Term Forecasts Project

1. Project Terms of Reference

2. Project Overview: Short-term forecasts of species distributions for fisheries management

3. Presentation

Illex ABC Recommendations

1. Illex ABC Terms of Reference

2. Recent Squid Squad Research: Project Abstracts

   • Presentation

3. Evaluation of Alternative Catch Limits for Illex in 2023 (Hendrickson, Rago)* (updated 3/7/23)

   • Presentation

4. Effects of Survey Uncertainty on Risk of Violating Escapement and Fishing Mortality (P. Rago)

   • Presentation

5. User Manual for Illex Risk Analysis, v1.0 (Rago)

6. Staff Memo: 2023-2025 ABC Recommendations and Considerations

   • Presentation

7. 2023 Illex Fishery Information Document

8. 2023 Illex Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

9. Northeast Regional Habitat Assessment: Illex Squid Habitat Crosswalk Narrative

10. 2022 Shortfin Squid Research Track Assessment Working Group Report

11. Summary Report of the 2022 Butterfish and Shortfin Squid Research Track Stock Assessment Peer Review

Ocean City, MD Recreational Video Project

1. Project Overview Report*

2. Presentation

Summer Flounder Management Strategy Evaluation

1. Staff Memo: Overview of Process, Outcomes, and Application

2. Executive Summary and Overview of MSE Results

3. Overview of the Summer Flounder MSE Simulation Model Specifications (by G. Fay)

4. Overview of the Summer Flounder Recreational Demand Model (by A. Carr-Harris)

5. Presentation

SSC Economic Work Group

1. Work Group Presentation

Other Business

1. Draft 2023 SSC Species/Topic Lead Assignments

2. 2020 SSC Membership Bios

3. 2023-2024 Stock Assessment Schedule

4. OFL CV Work Group: How consistent is the advice from stock assessments? Empirical estimates of inter-assessment bias and uncertainty for marine fish and invertebrate stocks (Bi et al. 2022)*