March 15-16, 2016

Tuesday, March 15, 2016 – Wednesday, March 16, 2016

• Agenda
• Meeting Report

Meeting Materials

Golden Tilefish

• 2016 Tilefish Fishery Performance Report
• Golden Tilefish Data Update Through 2015 - NEFSC
• 2016 Golden Tilefish Advisory Panel Information Document
• Staff Memo on 2017 Golden Tilefish Specifications

Black Sea Bass

• Report to the SSC on proposed partitioning of northern black sea bass stock for purposes of developing spatial stock assessment models
• Black Sea Bass Benchmark Stock Assessment Review, Term of Reference 1 – Spatial issues

Blueline Tilefish

• Terms of Reference - Blueline Tilefish
• Blueline Tilefish Subcommittee Report
  • Final Revised Blueline Tilefish Subcommittee Report
• SEDAR 50 South Atlantic Blueline Tilefish Schedule of Events
• Estimated Catch of Blueline Tilefish in the Mid-Atlantic Region: Application of the Delphi Survey Process
• Memo: Blueline Tilefish Catch Time Series, 2/23/16
• Memo: Blueline Tilefish Catch Time Series - updated, 3/14/16
• SEDAR Benchmark Assessment: Atlantic Blueline Tilefish - Terms of Reference
• Lobster Delphi Example (cited at mtg)

CV Subgroup

• Description and Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule
• Outline: Criteria for assigning OFL CV for Tier 3 Stocks
• Rothschild Comments