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Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee to hold online workshop June 21-23, 2022

Location:
Online meeting only; no public listening station due to COVID-19
Date: 21 June 202223 June 2022
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The Groundfish Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council’s) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a workshop to develop methods for constructing abundance indices based on hook-and-line surveys.  Additionally, the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will review the Species Distribution Model in Template Model Builder.  The workshop and methodology review meeting is open to the public.  The Groundfish Subcommittee’s online meeting will be held Tuesday, June 21, 2022 through Thursday, June 23, 2022 beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time or until business for the day has been completed.

Purpose of the meeting

The purpose of the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee’s meeting is to develop methods and best practices for constructing abundance indices based on hook-and-line surveys in a workshop.  Recommendations of SSC Groundfish Subcommittee members will inform the 2023 Accepted Practices Guidelines for Stock Assessments, which is a compilation of guidelines for groundfish stock assessment scientists.  Additionally, the SSC Groundfish Subcommittee will review the Species Distribution Model in Template Model Builder (sdmTMB).  The sdmTMB model is proposed for developing relative biomass indices in future groundfish stock assessments.  The SSC Groundfish Subcommittee report of workshop and methodology review findings and recommendations will be provided to the Pacific Council and the SSC at the November 2022 Pacific Council meeting.

Meeting Materials

SSC Groundfish Subcommittee June 21-23, 2022 Agenda (v. 06/16/2022)

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Technical information

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Additional information

Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kris Kleinschmidt at 503-280-2412 at least ten business days prior to the meeting date.

If you have additional questions regarding the online meetings, please contact Mr. John DeVore at 503-820-2413; toll free 1-866-806-7204, extension 413.