The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) Working Group met via webinar on Monday, August 3, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The purpose of this meeting was to: 1) Discuss timing concerns due to COVID-19, 2) working group member roles and responsibilities, 3) objectives, approaches, and the implementation plan of NTAP side-by-side research, and 4) develop talking points for a full panel update.