May 9-10, 2023 SSC Meeting

The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) met May 9-10, 2023 at the Canopy by Hilton Baltimore Harbor Point (1215 Wills Street, Baltimore, MD).

Staff Contact: Brandon Muffley, bmuffley@mafmc.org, (302) 526-5260

• May 2023 SSC Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Combined Briefing Materials (zip files)

  • Part 1 - CAMS and Spiny Dogfish

  • Part 2 - Bluefish

  • Part 3 - All Other Materials

Mid-Atlantic/New England Catch Accounting and Monitoring

1. Review of CAMS 2019 Landings, Value, and Effort Data

2. NEFSC Review of CAMS Discards

3. Presentation

Spiny Dogfish Research Track Assessment Overview

1. Stock Synthesis Overview

2. Working Paper: Updated Age and Growth Estimates

3. Review of Biological Reference Points

4. Presentation

Bluefish Research Track Assessment Overview

1. Overview of and development of Woods Hole Assessment Model for Bluefish (see ToR #4 starting on page 36 of 2022 research track stock assessment report)

   • Presentation

2. Overview of Commercial and Recreational Bluefish Data

3. Working Paper: Fishery-dependent CPUE index for bluefish derived from MRIP data

   • Presentation

4. Working Paper: Recreational data changes for Bluefish

5. Working Paper: Bluefish Forage Index

   • Presentation

6. Bluefish Ecosystem and Socioeconomic Profile

   • Presentation

Supplemental Material

1. Background information on the Woods Hole Assessment Model (WHAM) - https://timjmiller.github.io/wham/

Constant/Average ABC Work Group

1. March 30, 2023 Sub-Group Meeting Summary

2. Evaluation of ABC Harvest Control Rules and Factors Affecting Their Performance (Wilberg et al. 2015)

3. Presentation

OFL CV Guidance Work Group

1. March 30, 2023 Sub-Group Meeting Summary

2. OFL CV Decision Summary

3. Presentation

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 2024 ABC Review

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2024 Measures for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

2. 2023 NEFSC Commercial Fishery Data Update for Atlantic Surfclam

3. 2023 NEFSC Commercial Fishery Data Update for Ocean Quahog

4. Estimated Portion of Undersized Surfclam Landings from August 2021 – July 2022

5. 2023 Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

6. 2023 Surfclam Fishery Information Document

7. 2023 Ocean Quahog Fishery Information Document

8. 2020 Management Track Peer Review Report for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

9. Presentation

Butterfish 2024 ABC Review

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2024 Measures for Butterfish

2. 2023 Butterfish Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

3. 2023 Butterfish Fishery Information Document

4. 2022 Butterfish Management Track Assessment Report

• Management Track Report Figures

• Management Track Report Tables

• Presentation

Chub Mackerel 2024 ABC Review

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2024 Measures for Chub Mackerel

2. 2023 Chub Mackerel Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

3. 2023 Chub Mackerel Fishery Information Document

4. Presentation

 Golden and Blueline Tilefish 2024 ABC Review

Golden Tilefish

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2024 Measures for Golden Tilefish

2. 2023 NEFSC Data Update for Golden Tilefish

3. 2023 Golden Tilefish Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

4. 2023 Golden Tilefish Fishery Information Document

5. Staff Memo: Update on Mid-Atlantic Golden Tilefish Longline Survey and Expansion of the South Atlantic Deepwater Longline Survey for Blueline Tilefish (from April 2023 Council meeting)

6. Presentation

Blueline Tilefish

1. Staff Memo: Review of 2024 Measures for Blueline Tilefish

2. 2023 Blueline Tilefish Advisory Panel Fishery Performance Report

3. 2023 Blueline Tilefish Fishery Information Document

4. Presentation

Other Business

1. 2023 SSC Directory and Short Bios