The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council) Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will will convene an in person meeting with a web broadcast to update the Accepted Practices Guidelines for the Groundfish Stock Assessments document. This meeting is open to the public and will be held Monday, December 2, from 1 p.m. -5 p.m. Pacific Time, and Tuesday, December 3, from 8:30 a.m. until business for the day has been completed. This meeting is being conducted in person with a web broadcast that provides the opportunity for remote public comment. In the event an outage occurs or technical issues arise that impact the experience of remote attendees, we will attempt to resolve them but ultimately we cannot guarantee that they will be resolved satisfactorily.
Purpose of the meeting
The purpose of the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee’s meeting is to update accepted practices guidelines for conducting groundfish stock assessments. The meeting will also contain presentations on two associated topics, a.) use of remotely operated vehicle data in stock assessments and b.) results of a literature review of methods addressing large area closures within stock assessments. Recommendations of SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members will inform the Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments in 2025 and 2026 document, which is a compilation of guidelines for groundfish stock assessment scientists. An updated version of the Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments in 2025 and 2026 document will be available and posted shortly after this meeting for stock assessment scientists and provided to the full SSC and the Pacific Council in March 2025. Representatives of the Pacific Council’s Groundfish Management Team and the Groundfish Advisory Subpanel will also participate in the meeting as advisers.
Meeting Materials
Agenda (Revised 11/27/24)
The following document was utilized in the 2023-2024 groundfish stock assessment review process and provides a starting template for proposed revisions to be updated for the 2025-2026 cycle, which will be discussed at this meeting.
Accepted practices and guidelines for groundfish stock assessments for 2023-2024
Reference: Perkins et al. 2024
Additional information
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kris Kleinschmidt at 503-820-2412 at least ten business days prior to the meeting date.
If you have additional questions regarding the meeting, please contact Marlene A. Bellman at 503-820-2414; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 414.