September 7-8, 2021 SSC Meeting

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee met via webinar Tuesday, September 7 – Wednesday, September 8, 2021.

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

• Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Documents will be added below as they become available.

• Agenda

• Download All Meeting Materials (Note: does not include supplemental materials)

National Standard 1 – ACLs for Data Limited Stocks

1. Draft NS1 Technical Guidance Tech Memo: Managing with ACLs for data-limited stocks

2. Presentation: Draft Tech Memo: Data Limited Stocks

Chub Mackerel

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2022 Chub Mackerel Measures

2. 2021 Advisory Panel Chub Mackerel Fishery Performance Report

3. 2021 Chub Mackerel Fishery Information Document

4. Summary tables and figures from HMS diet study (W. Golet, Univ of Maine)

5. Presentation

Thread Herring EFP Proposal

1. Staff Memo to E.D. Chris Moore: Overview of Thread Herring EFP Application and Process

2. Lund’s Fisheries EFP Application

3. Lunds Project Overview and Sampling Design

   Supplemental Files:

   • Thread herring data file

   • Bibliography part 1

   • Bibliography part 2

     Supplemental Public Comments

   • Audubon Email

   • Grubel and Waldman 2009

   • Glass and Watts 2009

   • Forys and Hevesh 2017

4. Slide: EFP Proposal Overview

Spiny Dogfish

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2022 Spiny Dogfish Measures

2. 2021 Advisory Panel Spiny Dogfish Fishery Performance Report

3. 2021 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Information Document

4. Presentation

Atlantic Mackerel

1. SSC TORs for Atlantic Mackerel

2. Staff Memo: Stock rebuilding approaches – Council feedback and timing

   Additional Projection Runs (pending)

3. 2021 Atlantic Mackerel Management Track Stock Assessment Report

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

4. 2021 Management Track Peer Review Panel Summary Report

5. OFL/ABC Atlantic Mackerel Stock Projections (Excel file)

6. Draft Atlantic Mackerel OFL CV Decision Criteria Summary

7. 2021 Canadian Mackerel Assessment Summary

8. NEFSC Presentation (July 2021): 2021 Atlantic Mackerel Management Track Assessment

Supplemental:

• Kaier et al 2021 Preprint - A framework for assessing the skill and value of operational recruitment forecasts

Presentations:

• Council Staff Presentation - Day 1

• Council Staff Presentation - Day 2

• Center Staff Presentation

• Presentation: Mackerel Recruitment Analysis

Offshore Wind

1. Effects of the Block Island Wind Farm on Coastal Resources (Oceanography, Carey et al., 2020)

2. Distance-Based Sampling Methods for Assessing the Ecological Effects of Offshore Wind Farms: Synthesis and Application to Fisheries Resource Studies (Frontiers in Marine Science, E. Methratta, 2021)

3. Offshore Wind Development in the Northeast US Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem (Methratta et al., 2020, Oceanography)

4. Setting the Context for Offshore Wind Development Effects on Fish and Fisheries (Gill et al, 2020, Oceanography)

5. Offshore Wind Project Monitoring Framework and Guidelines (Responsible Offshore Science Alliance, 2021)

6. Recent Literature on Offshore Wind Energy Impacts on Fisheries

Presentations:

• Block Island Monitoring Experience: Changes in Fish Densities & Recreational Fishing

• Assessing economic impacts to the US commercial surfclam fishing industry from offshore wind energy development

• Alignment to Promote a Regional Approach to Fisheries Monitoring

• What does a good fisheries resource monitoring plan contain?

• Information products to evaluate fishing and offshore wind interactions

SSC Work Group Updates

1. Economic Work Group: RSA Workshop #2 (Funding) Background Document

2. Ecosystem Work Group: Work Group Meeting Report – August 4, 2021

3. Presentation

Other Business

1.  2022 – 2027 Research Track Schedule