Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty: Scientific Review Group Meeting

The Scientific Review Group will meet in February 2025 to review the draft Pacific hake/whiting stock assessment

Meeting |

West Coast

About

The Scientific Review Group (SRG) created under the Pacific Whiting Treaty between the Governments of the United States and Canada will meet on February 10-13, 2025, by webinar only, to review and provide a report on the draft 2025 stock assessment authored by the Treaty’s Joint Technical Committee (JTC). Preliminary agenda items include: an overview of 2024 fisheries catch data, presentation and review of the 2025 draft stock assessment, and discussion of current and planned research projects and surveys for 2025.

There will be opportunity for public comment.

Background information and documents for this meeting can be found on the Pacific Hake/Whiting Treaty page.

Dates and Times:

Monday, February 10, 2025: 1:00p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Pacific time)
Tuesday, February 11, 2025: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 13, 2025: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Monday, February 10, 2025

13:00 – 17:00 (1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

13:00 Welcome and Introductions

Resolve immediate connection/communication problems

13:15 Review and Approve Meeting Agenda (Chair)

Review Terms of Reference for Assessments and Review Meeting
Meeting report mechanics
Assignment of reporting duties
Review of meeting norms and expected behaviours
Review procedures for resolving communication issues throughout the meeting

13:30 Fisheries, Data, and Inputs Used in the 2025 Assessment (JTC & AP Advisors)

2024 Fisheries Reports
- Canadian Waters
- U.S. Waters
2024 Fisheries Catch, Size, and Age Composition Data for Assessment

14:15 2025 Pacific Hake/Whiting Assessment Modeling (JTC)

Methods, results and discussion
Model performance and diagnostics: sensitivities and retrospectives
Forecasts and management implications
Discussion

15:00 Break

15:15 2025 Pacific Hake/Whiting Assessment Modeling (cont.) (JTC)

16:15 Public Comment

16:30 SRG discussion, develop list of requests for JTC, as needed

17:00 Adjourn for the day

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

09:00 – 17:00 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

09:00 Discussion of previous day, follow-up questions, review results of assigned tasks

09:30 Review responses to 2024 SRG Stock Assessment Recommendations (JTC)

SRG discussion, develop list of requests for JTC, as needed

10:30 Break

10:45 Risk table approach and ecosystem considerations for interpreting the stock assessment (JTC/Kristin Marshall/Mary Hunsicker)

12:00 Lunch

13:30 eDNA research and index development (Ole Shelton)

14:30 FT-NIRS Ageing research (Jim Hastie)

15:30 Break

15:45 Other Relevant Hake Research (JTC and Guests)

16:15 Public Comment

16:30 SRG discussion, requests for additional information from JTC and Survey Team, as needed

17:00 Adjourn for the day

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

09:00 – 17:00 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

09:00 Discussion of previous day, follow-up questions, review results of assigned tasks

09:30 Acoustic trawl methodology review (Survey Team)

How trawling is used in the survey
Overview of Summer 2024 research
Net Comparison Results

10:45 Break

11:00 Acoustic trawl methodology review (continued)

SRG Discussion & Recommendations

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Review of 2024 SRG Survey Recommendations (Survey Team)

13:45 Integrated Survey Design and Planning Updates (Survey Team)

15:00 Break

15:15 Research (Survey Team)

EchoPro/EchoPop transition
HakeML model overview, testing in the field, current status and next steps
Hake Fecundity proposed research

16:15 Public Comment

16:30 SRG discussion, requests for additional information from JTC and Survey Team, as needed

17:00 Adjourn for the day

Thursday, February 13, 2025

09:00 – 17:00 (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

09:00 Review of previous day, follow-up questions, etc.

09:30 SRG Discussion & Work Session

Stock assessment model finalization and management outcomes (as needed)
Finalize research needs/priorities for assessment, survey, and MSE

10:30 break

10:45 SRG discussion continued of research needs for 2025 and longer-term

Evaluation of base model and primary sources of uncertainty
MSE methodology and approaches

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Final SRG discussion, report review, requests for additional information, etc.