Description: NMFS and the Center for Independent Experts (CIE) Panel will convene the Research Track Assessment Peer Review Meeting for the purpose of reviewing Index Based Methods and Harvest Control Rules. The Research Track Assessment Peer Review is a formal scientific peer-review process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) working groups and reviewed by an independent panel of stock assessment experts from the Center of Independent Experts (CIE). The public is invited to attend the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.
ID: ID438 Info. Type: ISI
Start date of Peer Review: March 7, 2022
Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: July 2022
Actual Dissemination Date of peer review report and final work product: July 15 2022
Contact Person: Carl Rhodes Get contact information
Review Type: Center for Independent Experts
Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 3
Peer Reviewers will be selected by: Center for Independent Experts
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
Working group meetings and peer-review were public and peer-review had scheduled public comment periods
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: stock assessment; mathematical modeling
Comments on Peer Review: None
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Peer review report and final work product: