July 19, 2017 — The New England Fishery Management Council Research Steering Committee is scheduled to discuss completed research on the commercial redfish fishery at its meeting today.
Also on the agenda is presentation on creating a vision for the future of stock assessment using technologies in development and review of completed research projects on the topics of recreational discard mortality, and fishing gear conservation engineering.
Committee members also planned to discuss on how recently set priorities may be accomplished and potential improvements to the priority setting process; hear an update on recent Northeast Cooperative Research Program activities; and discuss the recent programmatic review and development of recommendations for how the program may help address Council research priorities and other improvements.