Management Track Assessment for American Plaice, Atlantic Halibut, Gulf of Maine Haddock, Georges Bank Haddock, Pollock, and Witch Flounder

Resumen

NMFS and the Assessment Oversight Panel (AOP) will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing American plaice, Atlantic halibut, Gulf of Maine haddock, Georges Bank haddock, Pollock, and Witch flounder stocks. The Management Track Assessment Peer Review is a formal scientific peer- review process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the Northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by the lead stock assessment analyst and reviewed by an independent panel of stock assessment experts. The public is invited to attend the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.