July 25-26, 2022 SSC Meeting

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) met July 25 – 26, 2022.

• July 25-26, 2022 SSC Meeting Summary

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Download All Meeting Materials (zip file) (NOTE: Presentations and items with an asterisk (*) below are not included in the zip file)

Surfclam Genetics Research

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Surfclam Research

2. Final report: Surfclam Population Structure and Population Connectivity (M. Hare and H. Hartung)

3. Presentation

Illex Squid

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Illex Squid

2. Staff Memo: Interim 2023 Illex ABC Recommendations

3. 2022 NEFSC Data Update

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

5. Center for Independent Experts (CIE) Reports for the 2022 Butterfish and Shortfin Squid Research Track Stock Assessment Peer Review:

   • Report #1 - Thomson*

   • Report #2 - Cook*

   • Report #3 - Chen*

6. 2022 Shortfin Squid Research Track Assessment Working Group Report

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

7. April 11, 2022 Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) Report

8. Illex Working Group Evaluation Report (by Consensus Building Institute)

9. March 15-16, 2022 SSC Meeting Report (see pages 2-7)

10. 2022 Illex and Atlantic Mackerel Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

    • Mid-year update included in Butterfish Fishery Performance Report

11. 2022 Illex Fishery Information Document

12. Multiyear Quota Monitoring Trajectories* (the pop-up WEND dates reflect the month/day of the relevant year even though all WENDs are currently labeled 2022.)

13. NEFSC Presentation

14. P. Rago Presentation

15. Staff Presentation

Butterfish

1. SSC Terms of Reference for Butterfish

2. Staff Memo: 2023-2024 Butterfish ABC Recommendations

3. 2022 Butterfish Management Track Assessment Report

   • Management Track Report Figures

   • Management Track Report Tables

4. 2023-2024 Butterfish OFL/ABC Stock Projections

5. Draft Butterfish OFL CV Decision Criteria Summary*

6. Summary Report of the 2022 Butterfish and Shortfin Squid Research Track Stock Assessment Peer Review (same report as provided under Illex above)

7. Center for Independent Experts (CIE) Reports for the 2022 Butterfish and Shortfin Squid Research Track Stock Assessment Peer Review (same reports as provided under Illex above):

   • Report #1 - Thomson*

   • Report #2 - Cook*

   • Report #3 - Chen*

8. 2022 Butterfish Research Track Assessment Working Group Report

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

9. April 11, 2022 Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) Report (same report as provided under Illex above)

10. 2022 Butterfish Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

    1. Supplemental: Consumption of important pelagic fish and squid by predatory fish in the northeastern USA shelf ecosystem with some fishery comparisons (Overholtz 2000)*

11. 2022 Research Track Industry Perspectives Working Paper

12. 2022 Butterfish Fishery Information Document

13. NEFSC Presentation

14. Staff Presentation

Update on Recreational Reform Initiative and Harvest Control Rule

1. Press Release: MAFMC & ASMFC Take First Step Toward Recreational Management Reform for Bluefish, Sumer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass

2. Presentation

Black Sea Bass

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2023 Black Sea Bass Measures (revised 7/21/22)

2. 2022 NEFSC Black Sea Bass Data Update

3. 2022 Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (one report for all three species)

4. 2022 Black Sea Bass Fishery Information Document

5. 2021 Black Sea Bass Management Track Assessment Report*

6. Presentation

Summer Flounder

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2023 Summer Flounder Measures

2. 2022 NEFSC Summer Flounder Data Update

3. 2022 Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (same as document #3 under Black Sea Bass)

4. 2022 Summer Flounder Fishery Information Document

5. 2021 Summer Flounder Management Track Assessment Report*

6. Presentation

Scup

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2023 Scup Measures

2. 2022 NEFSC Scup Data Update

3. 2022 Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report (same as document #3 under Black Sea Bass)

4. 2022 Scup Fishery Information Document

5. 2021 Scup Management Track Assessment Report*

6. Presentation

Bluefish

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2023 Bluefish Measures

2. 2022 NEFSC Bluefish Data Update

3. 2022 Bluefish Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

4. 2022 Bluefish Fishery Information Document

5. 2021 Bluefish Management Track Assessment Report*

6. Presentation

Northeast Regional Climate Strategy Action Plan

1. DRAFT Northeast Regional Action Plan to Implement the NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy in 2022 – 2024

2. Draft MAFMC Staff Comments

3. Presentation

Items marked with an asterisk (*) are not included in the combined zip file