Management Track Assessment for American Plaice and Gulf of Maine Haddock; Public Meeting
NMFS will convene the Management Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing American plaice and Gulf of Maine 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 Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing American plaice and Gulf of Maine 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 September 22, 2026-September 23, 2026. The public portion of the meeting will conclude on September 23, 2026 at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight 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:
meet.google.com/qyi-zjqz-eat.
The agenda is subject to change; all times are approximate and may be changed at the discretion of the Peer Review Chair.
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Time
Stock
Subject
Presenter
9 a.m
Welcome/Logistics, Conduct of Meeting
Brian Hooper, Kristan Blackhart, Kai Lorenzen, Chair.
9:15 a.m
American Plaice
Terms of Reference (TOR) Review & Panel Questions
Amanda Hart, Panel.
10:30 a.m
Break
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10:45 a.m
American Plaice
TOR Review & Panel Questions, continued
Amanda Hart, Panel.
11:45 a.m
American Plaice
Public Comment
Panel.
12 p.m
Lunch
1 p.m
American Plaice
Panel Deliberations
Panel.
2:15 p.m
American Plaice
Panel Conclusions/Recommendations and Final Stock Wrap Up
Panel.
3 p.m
American Plaice
Closed Panel Writing Session
5 p.m
Adjourn
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Time
Stock
Subject
Presenter
9 a.m
Welcome/Logistics, Conduct of Meeting
Brian Hooper, Kristan Blackhart, Kai Lorenzen, Chair.
9:05 a.m
Gulf of Maine Haddock
Terms of Reference (TOR) Review & Panel Questions
Charles Perretti, Panel.
10:30 a.m
Break
10:45 a.m
Gulf of Maine Haddock
TOR Review & Panel Questions, continued
Charles Perretti, Panel.
11:45 a.m
Gulf of Maine Haddock
Public Comment
Panel.
12 p.m
Lunch
1 p.m
Gulf of Maine Haddock
Panel Deliberations
Panel.
2:15 p.m
Gulf of Maine Haddock
Panel Conclusions/Recommendations and Final Stock Wrap Up
Panel.
3 p.m
Gulf of Maine Haddock
Closed Panel Writing Session
5 p.m
Adjourn
The meeting is open to the public; however, during the ‘Closed Panel Writing Session’ on Tuesday, September 22nd, and Wednesday, September 23rd, 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 57136
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Management Track Assessment for American Plaice and Gulf of Maine Haddock; Public Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (September 8, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-18254/management-track-assessment-for-american-plaice-and-gulf-of-maine-haddock-public-meeting.
meet.google.com/qyi-zjqz-eat
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/population-assessments/fishery-stock-assessments-new-england-and-mid-atlantic
16 U.S.C. 1801