The Working Group of the Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met on Monday, November 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) office in Narragansett, RI.
The purpose of this Working Group meeting was to: 1) review the status of the wingspread performance analyses and gear performance (door) evaluations, 2) discuss the twin trawl survey design and door testing with considerations given to species of interest, timing, experimental design and analyses, 3) discuss other business and next steps for the NTAP.