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Written Comments: If you would like your written comments to be considered at this meeting, they must be received at the NEFMC office by Monday, October 5, 2026. Please address them to Chair Daniel Salerno or Executive Director Cate O’Keefe. Email submissions should be sent to comments@nefmc.org.
Atlantic Sea Scallops
1. Scallop Plan Development Team
a. Presentation by Council staff - Revised
b. Presentation by Dr. Dvora Hart, NEFSC
c. Scallop PDT memo to SSC re FY 2027-2028 OFLs and ABCs for Atlantic sea scallop, September 30, 2026 - Revised
d. 2026 Risk Policy Report for scallops
2. Scallop fishery information
a. Scallop Fishery Management Plan Framework Adjustment 40, Human Communities (Section 5.4, p. 22-33), February 4, 2026
b. Advisory Panel discussion of fishery performance, AP meeting summary, June 2, 2026 (p. 2-3)
c. GARFO Fishery Performance Report – Scallop landings, grades, and other data, August 19, 2026
3. Previous SSC recommendations
a. Meeting materials, August 19, 2025
b. SSC report (reference points), August 31, 2025
c. Meeting materials, October 8, 2025
d. SSC report, October 28, 2025
4. Hart, D.R. 2013. Quantifying the tradeoff between precaution and yield in fishery reference points. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 591-603.
Northeast Multispecies
1. NEFSC Data Update Reports
a. 2025 Data Update: Georges Bank/Gulf of Maine Stock of Windowpane Flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, August 27, 2025
b. 2025 Data Update: Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Bight Stock of Windowpane Flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, August 27, 2025
c. 2026 Data Update: Unit Stock of Witch Flounder, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus, July 23, 2026
2. Groundfish Plan Development Team
a. Presentation by Council staff
b. Groundfish PDT memo to SSC re FY 2027 – 2031 OFLs and ABCs for Northeast multispecies stocks, September 30, 2026
c. 2026 Risk Policy Report for northern windowpane flounder
d. 2026 Risk Policy Report for southern windowpane flounder
e. 2026 Risk Policy Report for witch flounder
3. Groundfish fishery information
a. FY 2024 Northeast Multispecies Fishery Year-end Catch Report, March 20, 2026
b. Northeast Multispecies SAFE Report, including the most recent descriptions of the social and economic status of the fishery Framework Adjustment 72, Affected Environment Human Communities (Section 4.4, p. 38-58)
4. Previous SSC recommendations for northern and southern windowpane flounder
a. Meeting materials, October 27, 2023
b. SSC report, November 13, 2023
5. Previous SSC recommendations for witch flounder
a. Meeting materials, October 9, 2024
b. SSC report, November 13, 2024
Other Documents
1. Risk Policy Statement and Concept, August 11, 2026
2. Risk Policy Application - link
3. Memo from Executive Director to SSC re minority reports, September 2, 2026
4. NOAA/NEFSC State of the Ecosystem Reports for the Northeast U.S. Shelf
5. The NEFSC Stock Assessment Support Information portal includes reports, presentations, and supporting materials for all NEFSC stock assessments. Use the drop-down menus to access information.
6. Presentation on Other Business topics
7. Correspondence