The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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Agenda

1. RIBTS Request for Proposal update

2. Debrief from RIBTS presentation during the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) meeting

3. Review and prioritized RIBTS Phase II planning tasks

4. Review draft agenda items for the remainder of the 2026 Working Group meetings

The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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Agenda

1. Data Acquisition System for Phase II RIBTS 

2. Data Positions for Phase II RIBTS

3. Equipment Purchases for Phase II RIBTS

4. Phase II RIBTS RFP Logistics

The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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The Longfin Inshore Squid Research Track Working Group will meet via webinar on Thursday, June 25, 2026 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

The purpose of the meeting is for the group to wrap up their report and prepare for the August Peer Review.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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Meeting Agenda

• 9:00-9:15  Review Motivation, RIBTS Goals, Phase II Calendar, Refresher From Gear #1 Meeting - Anna Mercer, NFESC

• 9:15-9:45        Phase I RIBTS Gear Performance  - Jim Gartland, VIMS

• 9:45-10:15       Integrating Survey Data From Multiple Gears - Jim Thorson, AKFSC

• 10:15-11:00     Discussion and WG recommendations for RIBTS gear components

The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks, approximately. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a series of meeting via webinar occurring every three to four weeks. During these meetings, the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 and 2 pilot projects

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold a regularly scheduled meeting via webinar occurring every three weeks. During these meeting the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 and 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold regularly scheduled meeting via webinar occurring every three weeks. During these meeting the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 and 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold regularly scheduled meeting via webinar occurring every three weeks. During these meeting the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 and 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold regularly scheduled meeting via webinar occurring every three weeks. During these meeting the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 and 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Working Group will hold regularly scheduled meeting via webinar occurring every three weeks. During these meeting the Working Group will continue their discussion on the Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 and 2 pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Monday, June 16, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, May 29, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, May 8, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, April 24, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, February 13, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Bigelow Contingency Plan Working Group will hold a meeting via webinar on Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. During this meeting the working group will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

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The NTAP Working Group will meet jointly with the full NTAP on Thursday, January 9, 2025 from 3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. During this meeting the groups will continue their discussions on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.

For webinar connection and meeting materials, visit the January 9 NTAP meeting page.