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Title and Description:
SEDAR Supplement 01, South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Grouper Assessment Review
This information product is an evaluation of recent SEDAR assessments of grouper stocks in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico intended to address concerns regarding consistency in analytical techniques and data sources for assessments conducted through separate SEDAR projects. Stocks addressed are South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico gag, assessed during SEDAR 10, and Gulf of Mexico red grouper assessed during SEDAR 12. The results and findings will serve as supplemental information to the original SEDAR 10 and 12 assessment reports. The information is provided to the appropriate regional fishery management councils (South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, or Caribbean) to be used as the basis of their management decision, which are subsequently approved and disseminated by the Secretary of Commerce through NOAA Fisheries.
ID: 83 Info. Type: ISI
Estimated Dissemination Date: 6/15/2007 Actual: 6/5/2007
Contact Person: Rebecca Rootes NOAA Locator
Date First Posted in Peer Review Agenda: 06/16/2007
Estimated Peer Review Start Date: 5/8/2007
Review type: panel
Expected number of peer reviewers: 4-10
Peer reviewers will be selected by: designated outside organization.
Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? no
Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? yes
How? This information will be developed and reviewed through the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a cooperative fishery management council process initiated in 2002 to improve the quality and reliability of fishery stock assessments in the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean. SEDAR is managed by the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic Regional Fishery Management Councils in coordination with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions. SEDAR emphasizes constituent and stakeholder participation in assessment development, transparency in the assessment process, and a rigorous and independent scientific review of the completed stock assessments. SEDAR workshops are open to the public, announcements are published in the Federal Register with dates and times and public testimony is accepted at the workshops.
When? The SEDAR Grouper Assessment Review Workshop was held May 8 - 10, 2007, in St. Petersburg, FL.
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? yes
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: fisheries stock assessment, fisheries biology, population dynamics and modeling
Comments on Peer Review:
SEDAR, SouthEast Data, Assessment and Review is a Regional Fishery Management Council process, not a National Marine Fisheries Service process. The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils approved the Terms of Reference which specified the actual objectives of the SEDAR:
a) Data Workshop participants (Data.pdf),
b) Assessment Workshop participants (Assessment.pdf),
c) Review Workshop participants (Review.pdf), and
d) Guidelines (SEDAR Guidelines.pdf)
SEDAR consists of :
a) One assessment report, though there are multiple supporting documents. The core of what is being reviewed is the assessment report. The others provide detail that they may consult but are under no obligation or directive to formally review.
b) Four reviewers - 3 Center for Independent Experts appointees and 1 Council appointee
c) All reviewers receive the same information and review the same report.
d) The chairman compiles the reviewer report into one single cohesive document and provides a grammatical and factual edit. He does not prepare the report, and all changes are reviewed and approved by the panel.
Final peer review report: http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/download/SEDAR%20Supl01%20Grouper%20Review%20Final.pdf?id=DOCUMENT
ISI Work product: http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/download/S12SAR1%20Gulf%20Red%20Grouper%20Completev2.pdf?id=DOCUMENT