March 2017

The Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee met via webinar March 15 - 16, 2017.

• Meeting Report

Meeting Materials

• Agenda

Golden Tilefish

• SSC Terms of Reference for Golden Tilefish
• 2017 Tilefish Fishery Performance Report
• Golden Tilefish Stock Assessment Update Through 2016 – NEFSC
  • Tables and Figures
  • Supplemental Information:
    • Correct in theory but wrong in practice: Bias caused by using a lognormal distribution to penalize annual recruitments in fish stock assessment model (Deroba J.J.  and T. J. Miller 2016)
    • Should I stay or should I go? The ASAP likelihood constants explained (Legault C. 2015)
• 2017 Golden Tilefish Advisory Panel Information Document
• Staff Memo on 2018-2020 Golden Tilefish Specifications

Blueline Tilefish

• SSC Terms of Reference for Blueline Tilefish
• Blueline Tilefish Fishery Performance Report
• Blueline Tilefish Fishery Information Document
• Blueline Tilefish Staff Memo
• Recommendations from the SEDAR 50 (Blueline Tilefish) Stock ID Work Group Meeting

NEFSC Ecosystem Status Report

• Draft State of the Ecosystem Report

MRIP Program Review

• Presentation

OFL CV Subgroup Report

• Considerations for Estimating CV of OFL for MAFMC Assessments
• Presentation

Chub Mackerel

• Request for Proposals: Atlantic Chub Mackerel Stock Assessment 
• Presentation