Plan Teams for BSAI and GOA Groundfish,  BSAI Crab and Scallop

Groundfish Plan Team Meeting Dates, 2009.  September 15-18, AGENDA (updated 8/24) and November 16-20.  Joint meeting with Groundfish and Crab plan teams on the 16th.  Groundfish Plan Team Meetings also on November 16-20. 

Crab Plan Team meeting September 14-16, 2009. AGENDA (updated 8/24)

The Guidelines for Fishery Management Plans (602 Guidelines) published by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) require that a stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) report be prepared and reviewed annually for each fishery management plan (FMP).  Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports

The Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports for the groundfish fisheries managed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) are compiled by the respective Plan Teams from chapters contributed by scientists at NMFS' Alaska Fisheries Science Center & and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). These SAFE reports include separate stock assessment and fishery evaluation sections. The stock assessment section includes recommended acceptable biological catch (ABC) levels for each stock and stock complex managed under the FMP. The ABC recommendations, together with social and economic factors, are considered by the Council in determining total allowable catches (TACs) and other management strategies for the fisheries.

Current Membership of the Fishery Management Plan Teams Terms of Reference for Groundfish Plan Teams; External review guidelines for Scallop, Crab, Groundfish 6/07

Scallop	GOA Groundfish	BSAI Groundfish	BSAI Crab
Gretchen Harrington (NMFS) Gregg Rosenkranz (ADF&G) Herman Savikko (ADF&G) Jie Zheng (ADF&G) Diana Stram (NPFMC) Scott Miller (NMFS)	Cleo Brylinsky (ADFG) Robert Foy (UAF) Jeff Fujioka (AFSC/AB) Sarah Gaichas (AFSC) Ken Goldman (ADF&G) Steven Hare (IPHC) Jon Heifetz (AFSC/AB) Jim Ianelli, Co-Chair (AFSC) Leslie Slater (USF&W) Sandra Lowe (AFSC) Thomas Pearson (NMFS/Kodiak) Nick Sagalkin (ADFG) Diana Stram, Co-Chair (NPFMC)	Kerim Aydin (AFSC) David Barnard (ADF&G) David Carlile  (ADF&G) Jane DiCosimo (NPFMC) Lowell Fritz (AFSC) Mary Furuness (NMFS) Steve Hare (IPHC) Loh-lee Low, Chair (AFSC) Brenda Norcross (UAF) Mike Sigler, Vice-Chair (AFSC/AB) Leslie Slater (USF&W) Grant Thompson (AFSC)	Bill Bechtol (UAF) Forrest Bowers (ADF&G/Dutch Harbor) Chairman Wayne Donaldson (ADF&G/Kodiak) Ginny Eckert (UAF) Robert Foy (AFSC) Joshua Greenberg (UAF) Gretchen Harrington (NMFS/RO) Doug Pengilly, (ADF&G/ Kodiak) Andre Punt (UW) Lou Rugolo (AFSC/Kodiak) Herman Savikko (ADF&G/Juneau) Shareef Siddeek (ADF&G/Juneau) Diana Stram (NPFMC) Jack Turnock (AFSC/Seattle)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plan team stock structure presentations to the SSC from the February 2009 meeting:

Canino.  Geographic scales of population structure in boreal marine fishes and the influence of ice age demography
Cope.  Confronting apatial structure in teh analysis and management of US west coast groundfish stocks
Gharrett.  Challenges to rockfish conservation/management
Hauser.  Local adaptation:  the dark matter of fisheries genetics
Palof.  Population genetic structure of Alaskan Pacific ocean perch
Punt.  Stocks and stock structure. Punt
Seeb.  Molecular genetic studies of red king crab
Spencer. Issues and conservation concerns associated with management of Alaskan fisheries
Waples.  Applied conservation biology:  Analyzing and partitioning intraspecific diversity
 

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