Review of Pacific Mackerel Catch-Only Update Stock Assessment in 2025

Description: The information product provides information on biomass and status of a fishery resource stock (Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus), including projections. The information is provided to the Pacific Fishery Management Council to be used as the basis for management decisions, which are subsequently approved and disseminated by the Secretary of Commerce through NOAA Fisheries.

ID: 487 Info. Type:  ISI

Start date of Peer Review: April 2025

Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: May 2025

Actual Dissemination Date of peer review report and final work product: May 2025

Contact Person: CDR Jonathan R. Heesch Get contact information

Review Type: Panel

Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 5 or more

Peer Reviewers will be selected by: Pacific Fishery Management Council

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

How: At the panel review and subsequently at Pacific Fishery Management Council related meetings.

When: April 2025 at the Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting

Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No.

Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Fishery stock assessments, fish biology, population dynamics

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