2023-12669. Management Track Assessment for Bluefish, Deep Sea Red Crab, Longfin Inshore Squid, Scup, Summer Flounder

AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

NMFS and the Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing bluefish, deep sea red crab, longfin inshore squid, scup, and summer flounder. The Management 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 lead stock assessment analyst and reviewed by an independent panel of independent panel of stock assessment 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 public portion of the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting will be held from June 26, 2023—June 28, 2023. The meeting will conclude on June 28 at 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held via Google Meet https://meet.google.com/​fxa-tmxy-smy.

Meeting number (US) + [phone]

Meeting password: 566 056 608

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michele Traver, phone: [phone]; email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

For further information, please visit the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/​event/​peer-review-2023-june-management-track-assessments. For additional information about management track assessment peer review, please visit the NEFSC web page at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/​new-england-mid-atlantic/​population-assessments/​management-track-stock-assessments.

Daily Meeting Agenda—Management Track Peer Review Meeting

The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may be changed at the discretion of the Meeting Chair.

Monday, June 26, 2023

Time	Subject	Presenter
9:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m	Welcome/Logistics/Conduct of Meeting	Michele Traver, Russ Brown, Cynthia Jones, Chair.
9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m	Deep Sea Red Crab, Discussion/Questions	Toni Chute, Panel.
11:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m	Break
11:30 a.m.–12 p.m	Morning Wrap Up, Summary/Discussion	Panel.
12 p.m.–12:15 p.m	Public Comment	Public.
12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m	Lunch
1:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m	Scup, Discussion/Questions	Mark Terceiro, Panel.
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m	Break
3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m	Afternoon Wrap Up, Summary/Discussion	Panel.
4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m	Public Comment	Public.
4:30 p.m	Adjourn

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Time	Subject	Presenter
9:30 a.m.–9:35 a.m	Welcome/Logistics	Michele Traver, Cynthia Jones, Chair.
9:35 a.m.–11:15 a.m	Longfin Inshore Squid, Discussion/Questions	Lisa Hendrickson, Panel.
11:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m	Break.
11:30 a.m.–12 p.m	Morning Wrap Up, Summary/Discussion	Panel.
12 p.m.–12:15 p.m	Public Comment	Public.
12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m	Lunch.
1:15 p.m.–3:30 p.m	Summer flounder, Discussion/Questions	Mark Terceiro, Panel.
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m	Break.
3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m	Afternoon Wrap Up, Summary/Discussion	Panel.
4:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m	Public Comment	Public.
4:30 p.m	Adjourn.

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Time	Subject	Presenter
9:30 a.m.–9:35 a.m	Welcome/Logistics	Michele Traver, Cynthia Jones, Chair.
9:35 a.m.–11:15 a.m	Bluefish, Discussion/Questions	Tony Wood, Panel.
11:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m	Break.
11:30 a.m.–12 p.m	Morning Wrap Up, Summary/Discussion	Panel.
12 p.m.–12:15 p.m	Public Comment	Public.
12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m	Lunch.
1:15 p.m.–4:30 p.m	Report Writing	Panel.
4:30 p.m	Adjourn.

The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `Report Writing' session on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at 1:15 p.m. the public should not engage in discussion with the Peer Review Panel.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Special requests should be directed to Michele Traver, via email.

Dated: June 8, 2023.

Jennifer M. Wallace,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.