External Review of Fisheries Stock Assessment Program in the Pacific Islands

In 2014, a panel of independent experts reviewed the Science Center's fisheries stock assessment program.

About

NOAA Fisheries began a systematic peer review process in 2013 at all six regional science centers. During the 2014 review, a panel of fisheries stock assessment experts reviewed how we conduct stock assessments of highly migratory species such as tunas and billfishes, insular species such as bottomfish, and coral reef fishes at the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The panelists learned how we prioritize assessments and how results of assessments are reviewed, communicated, and utilized. We consistently work toward improving our assessment processes and products to better meet the needs of our clients and partners. This review provides a platform to discuss our strengths and weaknesses and find avenues for improvement.

Panel of experts:

Chair: Steve Murawski, University of South Florida
Yong Chen, University of Maine, Orono
Steve Martell, International Pacific Halibut Commission
Keith Criddle, University of Alaska, Fairbanks at Juneau
Cisco Werner, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center

For additional information, please contact PIFSC.

This Program Review was open to the public at the NOAA offices on Pier 38 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

Monday, May 19, 2014

9:00 AM - Introduction and Charge to Review Panel — Samuel Pooley

9:15 AM - NOAA Fisheries Welcome — Ned Cyr

9:25 AM - Context for Pacific Islands Stock Assessments — Christofer Boggs

10:05 AM - Overview of Pacific Islands Stock Assessment Program — Gerard DiNardo

10:45 AM - Break

11:00 AM - Introduction - PIFSC Fishery Monitoring Data Management — Christofer Boggs

11:05 AM - Data for Insular Fisheries — Kimberly Lowe

11:45 AM - Data for International Fisheries — Keith Bigelow

12:25 PM - Lunch

1:25 PM - Data from Life History — Robert Humphreys

2:05 PM - Overview of 2013 Data Program Review — Christofer Boggs

2:35 PM - Public Comment Period and Panel Questions

3:05 PM - Break and Public Exits

3:15 PM - Closed Session for Panel Work

5:00 PM - Adjourn for the Day

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

8:30 AM - Brief review of Day 1 and discussion of schedule for Day 2 — Christofer Boggs

8:40 AM - NMFS National Stock Assessment Prioritization — Richard Methot

9:00 AM - Organization and Priorities — Gerard DiNardo

9:35 AM - Pacific Islands Regional Office Perspectives — Bob Harman/Jarad Makaiau

9:55 AM - Accomplishments Relative to Mandates — Gerard DiNardo

10:30 AM - Break

10:45 AM - Science and Technical Approaches to Data Rich Stocks: Pacific Blue Marlin — Hui-Hua Lee

11:50 AM - Public Comment

12:10 PM - Lunch

1:10 PM - Context for Data Poor Stocks — Christofer Boggs

1:25 PM - Data Poor Assessment: Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish — Jon Brodziak

2:30 PM - Public Comment

2:50 PM - Break and Public Exits

3:00 PM - Closed Session for Panel Work

5:00 PM - Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

8:30 AM - Brief review and schedule for Day 3 — Christofer Boggs

8:40 AM - Context for Data Poor-er Stocks — Christofer Boggs

9:10 AM - Data Poor-er Assessment: Coral Reef Fish — Marc Nadon

10:15 AM - Break

10:30 AM - Coral Reef Ecosystem Division Input to Reef Assessment Work — Ivor Williams

11:10 AM - Public Comment

11:30 AM - Peer Review Process — Gerard DiNardo

12:10 PM - Lunch

1:10 PM - Peer Review — Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee, Paul Dalzell

1:30 PM - Communication — Samuel Pooley

2:10 PM - Final Public Comment

2:40 PM - Break and Public Exits

2:50 PM - Drafting of Report by Panel

5:00 PM - Adjourn for the Day

Thursday, May 22, 2014

8:30 AM - Brief review and schedule for Day 4 — Christofer Boggs

8:40 AM - The Future: Fishery-Independent Data — Benjamin Richards

9:20 AM - The Future: Incorporation of Habitat and Ecosystem Data — Jeffrey Polovina

10:00 AM - Break

10:15 AM - Overview of Assessment Research Conducted at PIFSC — Jon Brodziak

11:20 AM - Lunch

12:20 PM - Opportunities and Needs — Gerard DiNardo

1:00 PM - Discussion — Christofer Boggs

1:25 PM - Break - Public Meeting Adjourns and Public Exits

1:40 PM - Drafting of Report by Panel

5:00 PM - Adjourn for the Day

Last updated by Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center on 08/21/2018