Groundfish Science & Stock Status: Reports and Peer Reviews
Reports
2008
- Assessment of 19 Northeast Groundfish Stocks through 2007: Report of the 3rd Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (GARM III), Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, August 4-8, 2008
- Appendix to the Report of the 3rd Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (GARM III): Assessment of 19 Northeast Groundfish Stocks through 2007, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, August 4-8, 2008
2005
- Assessment
of 19 Northeast groundfish stocks through 2004. 2005
Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (2005 GARM),
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,
15-19 August 2005
- Presentation
on 2005 GARM results made to New England Fishery Management Council,
September 15, 2005
- Cod,
haddock, and yellowtail flounder transboundary stock component status
reports from the 2005 Transboundary Resource Assessment Committee
(TRAC)
2004
2003
- Proceedings
of the Seventh Meeting of the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee
(TRAC), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, May 27-29, 2003
- 37th
Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (37th SAW) Stock Assessment
Review Committee (SARC) Consensus Summary of Assessments
(Witch Flounder Section)
- 37th
Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (37th SAW) Advisory Report
(Witch Flounder Section)
- Assessment
of the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank witch flounder stock for 2003
2002
- Assessment
of 20 Northeast Groundfish Stocks through 2001 - A Report of the
Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (GARM)
- Final
Report of the Working Group on Re-Evaluation of Biological Reference
Points for New England Groundfish
- Report
of the 36th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (36th SAW):
Public Review Workshop
- Report
of the 36th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (36th SAW):
Consensus Summary of Assessments
- Stock
assessment of yellowtail flounder in the Cape Cod - Gulf of Maine
area
- Stock
Assessment of yellowtail flounder in the Southern New England
- Mid-Atlantic Area
- Relative distribution and abundance of Atlantic cod, 1979-2005
Amendment 13 Groundfish Science Review
February 2003
Development of Amendment 13 required substantial updates and revisions to methods for estimating population status and dynamics, and to our understanding of the statutory requirements for stock rebuilding and ending overfishing. During the development of this information, the NEFSC also discovered that the research trawl gear used aboard the NOAA R/V Albatross IV was not properly rigged over several survey cruises. This raised questions about whether data from these surveys could to be incorporated into the overall assessment or the plan. The Center conducted a series of assessment methods updates, benchmark stock assessments, and an analysis of the utility of survey data collected with the improperly rigged trawl gear. Then, an external peer review panel was convened to evaluate the results.
Documentation of what was reviewed and the reviewer reports are posted
below.
Response to Peer Review Comments
Reviewer Reports
Publications
- Final Report of the Working Group on Re-Evaluation of Biological Reference Points for New England Groundfish
- Report of the Workshop on Trawl Warp Effects on Fishing Gear Performance
- Assessment of 20 Northeast Groundfish Stocks through 2001 - A Report of the Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting (GARM)
- Results of the Survey Trawl Experimental Cruises
- Draft -- The 36th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC) Advisory Report on Stock Status
Review of Amendment 13 A13 DEIS Economic and Socioeconomic Sections
January 2004
When the draft EIS (DEIS) for Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan (the groundfish plan) was made available, there
were many questions about its conclusions regarding short-run and long-run
effects of contemplated actions both overall, and on various fishing
communities.
NOAA Fisheries Service agreed with those who called for additional steps
to ensure that these analyses are adequate and robust. Thus, an additional
peer review of these sections in the draft document has been arranged.
For more on this, see William Hogarth's testimony to the Senate Subcommittee
on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard (October 22, 2003), particularly
the section entitled "Economic Impacts of the Amendment 13 Options."
(See "Other Relevant Documents," below.)
To complete the external review as quickly and thoroughly as possible,
NOAA Fisheries Service developed terms of reference and a list of qualified
professionals who were not involved in development or evaluation of
the Amendment, and selected three independent reviewers who will finished
their work in January 2004.
Documentation of what was reviewed and the reviewer reports are posted
below.
Reviewer Reports
Prof. Susan Hanna
Mr. Marcus Hartley
Prof. Linda Lucas
Final Agenda (PDF file)
- Presentations to External Panel of Reviewers:
- Overview
- Available Data
- Long Term Impacts
- Short Term Impacts
- Social Impact Assessments
Reviewers (PDF file)
Terms of Reference (PDF file)
- Source Documentation for Review
Draft Environmental Impact Statement – See "Draft Amendment 13":
http://www.nefmc.org/nemulti/index.html
Other Relevant Documents
Testimony
NOAA Fisheries' Director William Hogarth's testimony to the Senate
Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard , October 22, 2003
(particularly the section entitled "Economic Impacts of the Amendment
13 Options")
http://www.senate.gov/~commerce/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=969&wit_id=2738
Standards
- Regulatory Flexibility Act
- Paperwork Reduction Act
- Administrative Procedures Act
All can be accessed here:
http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/public_laws/acts.html
- Executive Order 12866
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/eo12866.pdf - NOAA Fisheries Guidelines on Conducting Economic Assessments of FMPs
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/reg_svcs/ - Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (M-SA),
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/magact/ - National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/nepanet.htm
Other Documents
Final
Amendment 13
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