**[Draft Agenda for GARM III "Data Methods" Meeting]{.underline}**

Oct 29-Nov 2, 2007

(File: last revised 10-29-07).

**Note: Actual times for agenda items may vary from this schedule.**

Location: Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Stephen H. Clark
Conference Room, Woods Hole, Mass.

***Monday October 29***

0900-0920 Welcome and Introductions

0920-0940 Overview of GARM and objectives of this meeting

> **A. COMMERCIAL LANDINGS**

0940 -1010 Methods for allocating landings to stock area.

Working Paper A1- Wigley

1010-1040 Discussion

1040-1055 Break

1055-1105 Working Paper A2 -- Wigley

1105-1125 Discussion

1125-1155 Accuracy issues VTR, VMS, Dealer data

> Working Papers A3, A4, A5 (Nies, Palmer, Nies respectively, 10 min
> each)

1155-1225 Discussion

1225-1325 Lunch

1325-1345 Commercial Landings---Estimation of total numbers landed at
age and its variance

> Working Papers A.6, A.7 (Legault-10 min, Miller 10 min)

1345-1415 Discussion

**B DISCARD ESTIMATION**

1415-1425 Discard Estimates for National Bycatch Report

Working Paper B.1 --Wigley

1425-1445 Discussion

1445-1515 Working Papers B.6 and B.2---Wigley

1515-1530 Break

1530-1600 Discussion

1600-1610 Working Paper B.4---Terceiro

1610-1630 Discussion

1630-1640 Working Paper B.5---Legault

1640-1700 Discussion

1700-1710 Working Paper B.3---Hendrickson

1710-1720 Discussion

1720-1730 Wrap up and Adjourn

***Tuesday October 30***

0900-0915 Progress review and Order of the Day (Chair)

**C. TAGGING DATA**\
  Cod Tagging\
0915-0935 Cod Tagging Data *Working Paper C.1* (Tallack)\
0935-0945 Cod Stock Boundaries *Working Paper C.2* (Loehrke)\
0945-1000 Cod Data Analysis *Working Paper C.1* (Tallack)\
1000-1020 Cod Modeling *Working Paper C.3* (Miller & Tallack), *Working
Paper C.4 as background*\
1020-1035 Break\
1035-1115 Cod Discussion\
\
  Yellowtail Tagging\
1115-1130 Yellowtail Tagging Data *Working Paper C.5* (Cadrin et al.)\
1130-1140 Yellowtail Movement-Mortality Analysis *Working Paper C.6*
(Cadrin)\
1140-1150 Yellowtail Simulation *Working Paper C.7* (Alade)\
1150-1200 Yellowtail Mortality Analysis *Working Paper C.8* (Wood)\
1200-1230 Yellowtail Discussion\
1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1430 Discard Estimation (B)follow up issues

**E. INDUSTRY-BASED SURVEYS**

1430-1500 Industry-based surveys (Johnston)

*Working Papers E.2, E.3 and E.4*

1500-1545 Discussion

1545-1600 Break

1600-1610 Comparison of RI IBS with NEFSC survey *Working Paper E.1*
(Legault)

1610-1730 Discussion

1730 Adjourn

***Wednesday October 31***

0900-0930 Progress review and Order of the Day (Chair)

**D. FISHERY INDEPENDENT SURVEYS**

930-945 Fishery Independent Surveys\--Overview *Working Paper D.2*
(Rago)

945-1000 Break

1015-1045 Fishery Independent Surveys\-- *Working Paper D.1* (Jacobson)

1045-1125 Discussion

**G. RECREATIONAL LANDINGS**

1125-1135 Recreational Landings and Discards *Working Paper G.1*
(Terceiro)

1135-1200 Discussion

1200-1300 Lunch

**F. ECOSYSTEMS**

1300-1320 Trends in biological parameters, eg. ave size, maturity, L-W
etc. *Working Paper F.1* (OBrien)

1320-1350 Discussion

1350-1400 Trends in Flatfish *Working Paper F.2 (*Sutherland)

1400-1410 Discussion

1410-1425 State Space model for trend detection *Working Paper F.3*
(Miller)

1425-1445 Discussion

1445-1455 Observed vs Predicted weights *Working Paper F.4* (Legault)

1455-1510 Discussion

1510-1525 Break

1525-1535 Review of Environmental and Ecosystem variables relevant to
assessments *Working Paper F.5* (Overholtz, Friedland, Link, Hare)

1535-1540 Discussion

1540-1550 Background data relevant to food web dynamics *Working Paper
F.6*(Fogarty)

1550-1610 Discussion

1610-1620 Proposed analyses for Ecosystem Capacity Issues *Working Paper
F.7* (Fogarty)

1620-1630 Discussion

1630-1730 Review and Discussion

1730 Adjourn

***Thursday November 1***

0900-0915 Progress review and Order of the Day (Chair)

0915-1030 Landings Proration---Revisit/Discussion

1030-1045 Break

1045-1230 Discard Estimation---Revisit/Discussion

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1400 Tagging Data---Revisit/Discussion

1400-1430 Industry Based Surveys---Revisit/Discussion

1430-1500 Ecosystemt Data\--Revisit/Discussion

1500-1515 Break

1515-1645 Fishery Independent Surveys---Revisit/Discussion

1445-1530 Recreational Landings and Discards---Revisit/Discussion

1730 Adjourn

***Friday November 2***

0900-0915 Progress review and Order of the Day (Chair)

0915-0945 Report development

1030-1045 Break

1045-1230 Report development

1230-1330 Lunch

1330-1530 Summary and Assignments

1530 Adjourn