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Meeting Notice

1. Meeting Information
a. Meeting Agenda
b. Meeting Memo from Committee Chair, Ms. Melanie Griffin

2. Presentations
a. Staff Presentation
b. Social and Wellbeing Outcomes in Catch Share Programs: A Case Study of the LAGC IFQ Scallop Program (Dr. Kanae Tokunaga, GMRI)

3. Framework 40
a. 2025 Scallop Survey biomass estimates
b. Projections of 2026 scallop exploitable biomass (preliminary – circulated when available)

4. Scallop Research Track Assessment
a. Assessment Summary Report
b. Peer Review Summary Report

5. Strategic Plan
a. Strategic Plan Roadmap – Draft - Updated
b. Scallop FMP & Subsequent Actions – Goals & Objectives

6. Recent Meeting Summaries

7. Correspondence

8. Background Materials
a. Link to materials from August 27-28, 2025 Scallop PDT meeting, including survey group short reports and presentations
b. Fishery Performance Report - Scallop landings, grades, and LPUE
c. SSC Recommendation
i. Scallop PDT memo to SSC re Reference Points, August 8, 2025
ii. SSC Report, August 31, 2025
d. Scallop Research Set-Aside
i. 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity (if available)
ii. Link to program page on Grants.gov (if available)
iii. NEFMC press release re: 2025/2026 RSA Priorities and regional surveys
e. Northern Gulf of Maine
i. NEFMC letter to NOAA OLE NED re NGOM, August 1, 2025
ii. NOAA OLE NED letter to NEFMC re NGOM, August 18, 2025
f. NOAA Fisheries Gear Conflict Notice for Lobster Area 4
g. Alternative Gear Marking Framework
i. Link to materials from June 2025 On-Demand Fishing Gear Conflict Working Group Report