Management Track Assessment for Atlantic Herring and Georges Bank Haddock; Public Meeting
NMFS will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Atlantic herring and Georges Bank haddock stocks. The Management Track Assessm...
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
NMFS will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer
( printed page 33703)
Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Atlantic herring and Georges Bank haddock 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 scientist 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.
DATES:
The public portion of the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting will be held from June 29, 2026-June 30, 2026. The public portion of the meeting will conclude on June 30, 2026 at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for the daily meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES:
The meeting will be held in the S.H. Clark Conference Room in the Aquarium Building of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543 and virtually using this Google Meet link:
https://meet.google.com/hix-cwqp-crp.
The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may be changed at the discretion of the Peer Review Chair.
Time
Stock
Subject
Presenter
Monday, June 29, 2026
9 a.m.
Welcome/Logistics Conduct of Meeting
Brian Hooper. Kristan Blackhart. Peer Review Chair.
9:15 a.m.
Georges Bank Haddock
Terms of Reference (TOR) Review & Panel Questions
Liz Brooks. Panel.
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Georges Bank Haddock
TOR Review & Panel Questions, continued
Liz Brooks. Panel.
11:45 a.m.
Georges Bank Haddock
Public Comment
Panel.
12 p.m.
Lunch
1 p.m.
Georges Bank Haddock
Panel Deliberations
Panel.
2:15 p.m.
Georges Bank Haddock
Panel Conclusions/Recommendations and Final Stock Wrap Up
Panel.
3 p.m.
Georges Bank Haddock
Closed Panel Writing Session
Panel.
5 p.m.
Adjourn
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
9 a.m.
Welcome/Logistics
Brian Hooper. Peer Review Chair.
9:05 a.m.
Atlantic Herring
TOR Review & Panel Questions
Jonathan Deroba. Panel.
10:30 a.m.
Atlantic Herring
Public Comment
Public.
10:45 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
Atlantic Herring
Panel Deliberations
Panel.
11:30 a.m.
Atlantic Herring
Panel Conclusions/Recommendations and Final Stock Wrap Up
Panel.
12 p.m.
Lunch
1 p.m.
All stocks
Final Meeting Wrap Up, if needed (else closed panel writing session)
Panel.
3 p.m.
Closed Panel Writing Session
Panel.
5 p.m.
Adjourn
The meeting is open to the public; however, during the “Closed Panel Writing Session” on Monday, June 29th, and Tuesday, June 30th, the public should not engage in discussion with the Peer Review Panel.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Special requests should be directed to Brian Hooper, via the email provided in the
ADDRESSES
section.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 33702
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Management Track Assessment for Atlantic Herring and Georges Bank Haddock; Public Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (June 4, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-11200/management-track-assessment-for-atlantic-herring-and-georges-bank-haddock-public-meeting.