[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14436-14438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05618]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE819]
Research Track Assessment for Atlantic Sea Scallops; Public
Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS will convene the Research Track Assessment Peer Review
Meeting for the purpose of reviewing the Atlantic sea scallop stock.
The Research Track Assessment Peer Review is a formal scientific peer-
review process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results
to managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the
northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by the research track
working group and reviewed by an independent panel of stock assessment
experts from the Center of Independent Experts. The public is invited
to attend the presentations and discussions between the review panel
and the scientists who have participated in the stock assessment
process.
DATES: The Research Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting will be held
from April 21, 2025-April 24, 2025. The meeting will conclude on April
24, 2025 at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in person and virtually. The in-
person meeting will be held in the S.H. Clark Conference Room in the
Aquarium Building of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast
Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
02543 and virtually using this Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/her-pcjt-aog.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Hooper, 508-258-9580;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the
NEFSC website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/fishery-stock-assessments-new-england-and-mid-atlantic. For additional information about research track
assessment peer review, please visit the NEFSC web page at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/research-track-stock-assessments.
Daily Meeting Agenda--Research Track Peer Review Meeting
The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may
be changed at the discretion of the Peer Review Chair.
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Time Topic Presenter(s) Notes
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Monday, April 21, 2025
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9 a.m.-9:05 a.m....................... Welcome & Logistics.... Brian Hooper...........
9:05 a.m.-9:15 a.m.................... Introductions & Agenda. Tom Miller.............
9:15 a.m.-9:40 a.m.................... Overview of Research Kristan Blackhart......
Track Process and
Scallop Research Track.
9:40 a.m.-10:10 a.m................... Management History and Jonathon Peros.........
Fishery Practices.
10:10 a.m.-10:30 a.m.................. Summary of Community Jonathon Peros.........
Engagement Session.
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.................. BREAK..................
10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.................. Scallop Life History... Dvora Hart.............
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m..................... Term of Reference (TOR) Dvora Hart............. Ecosystem.
1 Overview.
12 p.m.-1 p.m......................... LUNCH..................
1 p.m.-1:30 p.m....................... Temperature Influences. Joseph Caracappa....... Ecosystem.
1:30 p.m.-2 p.m....................... Shell Disease and Dave Rudders........... Ecosystem.
Nematodes.
2 p.m.-2:45 p.m....................... TOR 1 Question and Review Panel........... Ecosystem.
Answer (Q&A).
2:45 p.m.-3 p.m....................... BREAK..................
3 p.m.-3:30 p.m....................... TOR 2.................. Jessica Blaylock....... Catch.
3:30 p.m.-4 p.m....................... TOR 2 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... Catch.
4 p.m.-4:15 p.m....................... Public Comment......... Public.................
4:15 p.m.-5 p.m....................... Discussion & Summary... Review Panel........... Conclusions,
Recommendations, &
Final Wrap-up for
TORs 1 & 2.
5 p.m................................. ADJOURN................
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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9 a.m.-9:05 a.m....................... Welcome & Logistics.... Brian Hooper...........
Agenda................. Tom Miller.............
9:05 a.m.-9:25 a.m.................... Gulf of Maine Surveys.. Jonathon Peros.........
9:25 a.m.-10:10 a.m................... TOR 3.................. Dvora Hart............. Surveys.
10:10 a.m.-10:45 a.m.................. TOR 3 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... Surveys.
10:45 a.m.-11 a.m..................... BREAK..................
11 a.m.-12 p.m........................ Mid-Atlantic Catch At Jui-Han Chang.......... Models.
Size Analysis (CASA)
Model.
12 p.m.-1 p.m......................... LUNCH..................
1 p.m.-2 p.m.......................... Georges Bank Closed Jui-Han Chan........... Models.
Areas CASA Model.
2 p.m.-3 p.m.......................... Georges Bank Open Areas Jui-Han Chan........... Models.
CASA Model.
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m....................... BREAK..................
3:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.................... TOR 4 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... Models.
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m....................... Public Comment......... Public.................
4 p.m.-5 p.m.......................... Discussion & Summary... Review Panel........... Conclusions,
Recommendations, &
Final Wrap-up for
TORs 3 & 4.
5 p.m................................. ADJOURN................
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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9 a.m. -9:05 a.m...................... Welcome & Logistics.... Brian Hooper...........
Agenda................. Tom Miller.............
9:05 a.m.-10 a.m...................... Review Homework........ Review Panel........... If needed.
10 a.m.-10:45 a.m..................... TOR 5.................. Dvora Hart............. Biological Reference
Points (BRPs).
10:45 a.m.-11a.m...................... BREAK..................
11 a.m.-12 p.m........................ TOR 5 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... BRPs.
12 p.m.-1 p.m......................... LUNCH..................
1 p.m.-1:45 p.m....................... TOR 6.................. Dvora Hart............. Projections.
1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m.................... TOR 6 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... Projections.
2:30 p.m.-3 p.m....................... TOR 8.................. Patrick Sullivan....... Backup Approach.
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m....................... BREAK..................
3:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m.................... TOR 8 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... Backup Approach.
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m....................... Public Comment......... Public.................
4 p.m.-5 p.m.......................... Discussion & Summary... Review Panel........... Conclusions,
Recommendations, &
Final Wrap-up for
TORs 5, 6, & 8.
5 p.m................................. ADJOURN................
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
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9 a.m.-9:05 a.m....................... Welcome & Logistics.... Brian Hooper...........
Agenda................. Tom Miller.............
9:05 a.m.-10:30 a.m................... Review Homework........ Review Panel........... If needed.
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.................. BREAK..................
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m..................... TOR 7.................. Jonathon Peros......... Research
Recommendations.
11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m.................. TOR 7 Q&A.............. Review Panel........... Research
Recommendations.
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11:45 a.m.-12 p.m..................... Public Comment......... Public.................
12 p.m.-1 p.m......................... Discussion & Summary... Review Panel........... Conclusions,
Recommendations, &
Final Wrap-up TOR 7;
any remaining issues.
1 p.m................................. ADJOURN................
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Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Special requests should be directed to Brian Hooper, via the email
provided in the ADDRESSES section.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 27, 2025.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-05618 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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