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Department
\_\_[Commerce\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_]{.underline}

Departmental Contact for Implementation of the Peer Review Bulletin

Name and title: Diana H. Hynek, Commerce Information Quality Coordinator

Email address: dhynek@doc.gov

Phone number: 202-482-0266

Is there a Department-wide Peer Review Agenda? Yes \_[X\_]{.underline}\_
No \_\_\_

URL for Department-wide Agenda
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_[http://www.osec.doc.gov/cio/oipr/noaalinkprplans.htm\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_]{.underline}

Does the Department-wide Peer Review Agenda include links to each
agency's peer review agenda? Yes [\_\_X\_]{.underline} No \_\_\_

What pathway(s) can a member of the public use to find the Agency's peer
review agenda if she/he did not have this URL?

-   Link from Departmental or Agency home page **YES**

-   Link from Information Quality home page **YES**

-   Link from science, research, or regulatory pages (please specify)

-   Other (please
    describe)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) REPORT CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT'S SUBMISSION.**

**Section II.** Please submit a separate form for each Agency.

Agency [\_National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_]{.underline}\_

Agency Contact for Implementation of the Peer Review Bulletin

*Name and title: Carla Steinborn*

*Email address: Carla.A.Steinborn@noaa.gov*

*Phone number:301-713-3525 ext. 197*

URL for Agency's Peer Review Agenda:
<http://www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/infoq.htm> or
<http://www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/prplans/PRsummaries.html>

-   What pathway(s) can a member of the public use to find the Agency's
    peer review agenda if she/he did not have this URL?

    -   Link from Departmental or Agency home page, *[YES]{.underline}*

    -   Link from Information Quality home page, *[YES]{.underline}*

    -   Link from science, research, or regulatory pages (please
        specify) *[YES]{.underline}*

    -   Other (please describe): *[There are Information Quality links
        on the NOAA home page and the home pages of all the Line
        Offices.]{.underline}*

-   Does the agenda provide links to the peer review plans for upcoming
    peer reviews? *[Yes, as soon as we reasonably can add
    them]{.underline}*

-   Does the agenda provide links to peer review reports for all
    completed peer reviews? [\_*Yes, as soon as we have
    them*\_\_\_]{.underline}

Number of peer reviews conducted subject to the Bulletin in FY06. (note:
include all peer reviews conducted, regardless of whether the peer
review report has been completed)

Total #: 19

> Number of influential scientific information peer reviews (ISI) (not
> including highly influential scientific assessments)
> \_\_16\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
>
> List the title of each ISI. Indicate whether the Peer Review Report
> has been completed (Y/N) *add more lines as needed* **NOTE:** If your
> peer review agenda is up to date, you might want to simply block and
> copy this information from your peer review agenda or provide as an
> attachment.
>
> *Items 56, 59, 61, 62, 64, 73, and 74 from Table 1*
>
> *Items 25, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47 and 4 from Table 2*
>
> *Items 29, 38, and 48 from Table 3*

Number of highly influential scientific assessments (HISA)
\_\_\_\_\_\_3\_\_

> List the title of each HISA. Indicate whether the Peer Review Report
> has been Completed (Y/N) add more lines as needed
>
> *Items 20, 22, and 43 from table 2.*

Provide the titles of ISIs and HISIs for which Waivers (W), Deferrals
(D), or Exemptions (E) were invoked or Alternative Procedures used (A).
*If deferral is marked, please indicate the duration of the deferral.*

***Title of Document** Type of Document* **W, D, E,** *or* **A**

> **ISI** *or* **HISA** (and duration)

*There were no Waivers, Deferrals, Exemptions, or Alternative
Procedures.*

Number of peer reviews that included at least one peer reviewer
appointed pursuant to any exception to the applicable independence or
conflict of interest standards of the Bulletin, including determinations
by the Secretary or Deputy Secretary pursuant to Section III (3) (c)?

Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific assessments)
*[0 (zero)]{.underline}*

List titles

> Number of HISAs *[0 (zero)]{.underline}*

List titles

Number of peer review panels that held public meetings:

> Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific
> assessments): at least 6

Number of HISAs \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

*We have not tracked the number of panels that held public meetings,
however, we do know that the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service last
year had six ISI for which public meetings were held.*

> Number of peer review panels that allowed public comment: *[not
> tabulated]{.underline}*
>
> Number of ISIs (not including highly influential scientific
> assessments)[\_]{.underline}

Number of HISAs [\_\_*\_\_\_*\_\_\_]{.underline}

*As to the number of peer review panels that allowed public comment, for
NOAA National Fisheries Service (NMFS) ISI, 14 peer review
[plans]{.underline} provided the opportunity for public comment on the
work product to be peer reviewed. Also, comment was available at public
meetings (all panels that held public meetings allowed public comment at
those meetings), through materials posted to the web, and/or through FR
notices of availability. []{.mark}*

*Further information can be found on the Web at
<http://www.cio.noaa.gov/itmanagement/prplans/PRsummaries.html>.*

> *All HISAs for the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
> (NOAA OAR) include a public comment period, but it is not explicitly
> part of the expert review.   Two reports so far (1.1 and 2.2) had the
> public comment period after the expert review.  NOAA OAR is
> considering having the public comment concurrent with the expert
> review, and making the public comments available to the peer review
> panels.  The one NOAA OAR ISI did not have a public comment period.
> See attached Table 4.*

Number of public comments provided on the agency's peer review plans
during FY 06, regardless of whether the peer review was actually
completed during FY 06 [*0 (zero) There were no comments on the peer
review plans per se*.\_\_\_\_\_\_]{.underline}

Number of times agency specifically solicited peer reviewer nominations
from professional societies. [\_not tabulated]{.underline}

> *NOAA as a whole in its peer review agenda tracks whether the public,
> including scientific and professional societies, is asked by NOAA to
> nominate potential peer reviewers (7_times for items posted during
> 2006 -- see attached Table 5).*
>
> *However, we do know that two NMFS ISI items used professional
> societies to solicit peer reviewers. \[Gulf menhaden study and ID44,
> right whale ship strike strategy.\]*
>
> *For all of OAR\'s HISAs, a broad audience is invited to nominate
> reviewers via the National Academy of Sciences liaisons and mailing
> lists; it is not limited to professional societies. NOAA OAR has not
> specifically asked professional societies to nominate reviewers.  See
> also attached Table5.*

If such nominations were solicited, were any recommendations provided?
Yes \_\_\_ No \_\_\_

**Supplemental Tables Provided**

> *During 2006, there were 24 new items added to the Agenda. Of these,
> one was HISA and 23 were ISI. In addition, there were 19 items first
> listed before 2006 but still open at the start of the year. Of these,
> eight were HISAs and the remainder ISI. See attached Table 1 and Table
> 2.*
>
> *Finally, five items were removed from the Agenda in December. All had
> been posted for a year and complete for at least eight months. All are
> ISI. These are listed in Table 3.*

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  **Table                                                                   
  1: First                                                                  
  Listed in                                                                 
  2006**                                                                    
  --------- --------- ----------------------------------------------------- ------------
  **ID**    **Info.   **Title**                                             **Dissem.
            Type**                                                          Date**

  51        HISA      CCSP Product 5.2 Best Practice Approaches for         4/15/2007
                      Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating       
                      Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making     

  75        ISI       Impact of Ozone in Eradicating Invasive Species       

  73        ISI       Amendments to the Fishery Management Plan for         6/29/2006
                      Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and sharks and the         
                      Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan             

  56        ISI       Stock Assessment for Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and  7/15/2006
                      Gulf of Mexico Large Coastal Shark Complex and        
                      Blacktip and Sandbar Sharks                           

  62        ISI       Shortbelly Rockfish Stock Assessment                  7/31/2006

  59        ISI       Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the  8/15/2006
                      Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically,   
                      spiny dogfish shark, deep sea red crab, and black sea 
                      bass                                                  

  54        ISI       Condition Report for Flower Garden Banks National     9/15/2006
                      Marine Sanctuary                                      

  55        ISI       Condition Report for Stellwagen Bank National Marine  9/29/2006
                      Sanctuary                                             

  52        ISI       Condition Report for Cordell Bank National Marine     9/29/2006
                      Sanctuary                                             

  53        ISI       Condition Report for Fagatele Bay National Marine     9/29/2006
                      Sanctuary                                             

  61        ISI       Status Review for Atlantic Sturgeon                   12/1/2006

  74        ISI       Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) in the U.S. Gulf  12/15/2006
                      of Mexico: Fishery characteristics and biological     
                      reference points for management                       

  64        ISI       Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates from the  2/15/2007
                      Northeast Coast of the United States, specifically,   
                      ocean quahog, Northeast skate species complex, and    
                      Atlantic surfclam                                     

  71        ISI       Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake /Whiting in U.S. and 3/5/2007
                      Canadian Waters                                       

  58        ISI       Required Survival Rate Changes to Meet Technical      5/1/2007
                      Recovery Team Abundance and Productivity Viability    
                      Criteria for Interior Columbia ESA-Listed Pacific     
                      Salmon Populations                                    

  68        ISI       Critical Habitat Designation for Elkhorn and Staghorn 5/9/2007
                      corals under the Endangered Species Act               

  63        ISI       State of Deep Coral Communities of the United States  6/1/2007

  60        ISI       Draft Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion and  6/1/2007
                      Incidental Take Statement for Alaskan Groundfish      
                      Fisheries                                             

  69        ISI       Pacific coast black rockfish and blue rockfish stock  6/10/2007
                      assessments                                           

  67        ISI       Pacific coast Sablefish and Longnose skate stock      6/10/2007
                      assessments                                           

  66        ISI       Pacific coast darkblotched rockfish stock assessment  9/14/2007

  65        ISI       Pacific coast canary rockfish and arrowtooth flounder 9/14/2007
                      stock assessments                                     

  70        ISI       Pacific coast bocaccio and chilipepper rockfish stock 9/14/2007
                      assessments                                           

  57        ISI       Stock Assessment for Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and  9/15/2007
                      Gulf of Mexico Small Coastal Shark Complex and        
                      Blacknose, Bonnethead, Finetooth, and Atlantic        
                      Sharpnose Sharks                                      
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  **Table                                                                   
  2: First                                                                  
  Listed                                                                    
  before                                                                    
  2006 but                                                                  
  still                                                                     
  open at                                                                   
  start of                                                                  
  2006**                                                                    
  --------- --------- ----------------------------------------------------- ------------
  **ID**    **Info.   **Title**                                             **Dissem.
            Type**                                                          Date**

  22        HISA      CCSP Product 1.1 Temperature trends in the lower      3/31/2006
                      atmosphere - steps for understanding and reconciling  
                      differences                                           

  20        HISA      CCSP Product 2.2 North American carbon budget and     3/31/2007
                      implications for the global carbon cycle              

  43        HISA      Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for Marine Mammals   6/1/2007

  26        HISA      CCSP Product 5.3 Decision support experiments and     12/30/2007
                      evaluations using seasonal to interannual forecasts   
                      and observational data.                               

  21        HISA      CCSP Product 3.2 Climate projections for research and 12/31/2007
                      assessment based on emissions scenarios developed     
                      through the Climate Change Technology Program.        

  23        HISA      CCSP Product 3.3 Weather and Climate Extremes in a    2/28/2008
                      Changing Climate                                      

  17        HISA      CCSP Product 2.4 Trends in emissions of               6/30/2008
                      ozone-depleting substances, ozone-layer recovery, and 
                      implications for ultraviolet radiation exposure       

  18        HISA      CCSP Product 1.3 Re-analysis of historical climate    6/30/2008
                      data for key atmospheric features. Implications for   
                      attribution of causes of observed change              

  45        ISI       Status Review for Eastern Oysters                     1/1/2006

  46        ISI       Status Review for Atlantic Salmon                     1/15/2006

  25        ISI       An Analysis of the Effectiveness of Ballast Water     7/3/2006
                      Exchange (BWE) in Controlling Aquatic Nonindigenous   
                      Species (ANS) in the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake 
                      Bay.                                                  

  39        ISI       Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of Mexico and     7/15/2006
                      South Atlantic Gag Grouper                            

  42        ISI       U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine Mammal Stock  7/15/2006
                      Assessments                                           

  32        ISI       Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish Stock          12/10/2006
                      Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports      
                      (multiple stocks)                                     

  31        ISI       Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock Assessment and        12/10/2006
                      Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks)   

  4         ISI       Comprehensive Passage (Compass) Model                 2/1/2007

  40        ISI       Assessment of Leatherback Sea Turtle Population in    3/15/2007
                      the Atlantic                                          

  7         ISI       Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) Lobster Stock    3/30/2007
                      Assessment Model Development                          

  44        ISI       Right Whale Shipstrike Strategy                       6/1/2007
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  **Table                                                                         
  3: Closed                                                                       
  and                                                                             
  removed                                                                         
  in 2006**                                                                       
  --------- --------- -------------------------------------------- -------------- -----------
  **ID**    **Info.   **Title**                                    **Submission   **Dissem.
            Type**                                                 Date**         Date**

  48        ISI       Stock Assessments of Fish and Invertebrates  12/16/2005     2/15/2006
                      from the Northeast Coast of the United                      
                      States, specifically, Atlantic mackerel,                    
                      silver hake, illex squid and the Atlantic                   
                      States Marine Fisheries Commission                          
                      multispecies assessment                                     

  1         ISI       Critical Habitat for Southern Resident       12/16/2005     2/28/2006
                      Killer Whales                                               

  29        ISI       Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments:        12/16/2005     4/3/2006
                      Technical Review and Use Recommendations                    
                      Report 1: Copper treated products Report 2:                 
                      Creosote treated products                                   

  27        ISI       Final Updated Status Review Report for North 12/16/2005     4/6/2006
                      American Green Sturgeon; \...Proposed Rule                  
                      to List the Southern Distinct Population                    
                      Segment \... as Threatened; \...Final Rule                  
                      to List \... as Threatened                                  

  38        ISI       Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of       12/16/2005     4/15/2006
                      Mexico Vermillion Snapper, Greater                          
                      Amberjack, and Gray Triggerfish                             
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  **Table 4:                                                                              
  Allowed                                                                                 
  Public                                                                                  
  Comment**                                                                               
  ----------- --------- --------------------------------------- ---------- -------------- ------------
  **ID**      **Info.   **Title**                               **Allow    **Submission   **Dissem.
              Type**                                            Public     Date**         Date**
                                                                Comts.**                  

  22          HISA      CCSP Product 1.1 Temperature trends in  yes        6/16/2005      3/31/2006
                        the lower atmosphere - steps for                                  
                        understanding and reconciling                                     
                        differences                                                       

  18          HISA      CCSP Product 1.3 Re-analysis of         Yes        6/16/2005      6/30/2008
                        historical climate data for key                                   
                        atmospheric features. Implications for                            
                        attribution of causes of observed                                 
                        change                                                            

  20          HISA      CCSP Product 2.2 North American carbon  yes        6/16/2005      3/31/2007
                        budget and implications for the global                            
                        carbon cycle                                                      

  17          HISA      CCSP Product 2.4 Trends in emissions of yes        6/16/2005      6/30/2008
                        ozone-depleting substances, ozone-layer                           
                        recovery, and implications for                                    
                        ultraviolet radiation exposure                                    

  21          HISA      CCSP Product 3.2 Climate projections    yes        6/16/2005      12/31/2007
                        for research and assessment based on                              
                        emissions scenarios developed through                             
                        the Climate Change Technology Program.                            

  23          HISA      CCSP Product 3.3 Weather and Climate    yes        6/16/2005      2/28/2008
                        Extremes in a Changing Climate                                    

  51          HISA      CCSP Product 5.2 Best Practice          yes        6/16/2006      4/15/2007
                        Approaches for Characterizing,                                    
                        Communicating and Incorporating                                   
                        Scientific Uncertainty in Climate                                 
                        Decision Making                                                   

  26          HISA      CCSP Product 5.3 Decision support       yes        6/16/2005      12/30/2007
                        experiments and evaluations using                                 
                        seasonal to interannual forecasts and                             
                        observational data.                                               

  43          HISA      Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for    yes        12/16/2005     6/1/2007
                        Marine Mammals                                                    

  73          ISI       Amendments to the Fishery Management    yes        12/15/2006     6/29/2006
                        Plan for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, and                           
                        sharks and the Atlantic Billfish                                  
                        Fishery Management Plan                                           

  39          ISI       Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of  yes        12/16/2005     7/15/2006
                        Mexico and South Atlantic Gag Grouper                             

  38          ISI       Benchmark Stock Assessment for Gulf of  yes        12/16/2005     4/15/2006
                        Mexico Vermillion Snapper, Greater                                
                        Amberjack, and Gray Triggerfish                                   

  32          ISI       Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish  yes        6/16/2005      12/10/2006
                        Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation                           
                        (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks)                                  

  68          ISI       Critical Habitat Designation for        yes        12/15/2006     5/9/2007
                        Elkhorn and Staghorn corals under the                             
                        Endangered Species Act                                            

  1           ISI       Critical Habitat for Southern Resident  yes        12/16/2005     2/28/2006
                        Killer Whales                                                     

  60          ISI       Draft Section 7 Consultation,           yes        6/16/2006      6/1/2007
                        Biological Opinion and Incidental Take                            
                        Statement for Alaskan Groundfish                                  
                        Fisheries                                                         

  27          ISI       Final Updated Status Review Report for  yes        12/16/2005     4/6/2006
                        North American Green Sturgeon;                                    
                        \...Proposed Rule to List the Southern                            
                        Distinct Population Segment \... as                               
                        Threatened; \...Final Rule to List \...                           
                        as Threatened                                                     

  31          ISI       Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock         yes        6/16/2005      12/10/2006
                        Assessment and Fishery Evaluation                                 
                        (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks)                                  

  7           ISI       Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)    yes        12/16/2005     3/30/2007
                        Lobster Stock Assessment Model                                    
                        Development                                                       

  69          ISI       Pacific coast black rockfish and blue   yes        12/15/2006     6/10/2007
                        rockfish stock assessments                                        

  70          ISI       Pacific coast bocaccio and chilipepper  yes        12/15/2006     9/14/2007
                        rockfish stock assessments                                        

  65          ISI       Pacific coast canary rockfish and       yes        12/15/2006     9/14/2007
                        arrowtooth flounder stock assessments                             

  66          ISI       Pacific coast darkblotched rockfish     yes        12/15/2006     9/14/2007
                        stock assessment                                                  

  67          ISI       Pacific coast Sablefish and Longnose    yes        12/15/2006     6/10/2007
                        skate stock assessments                                           

  58          ISI       Required Survival Rate Changes to Meet  yes        6/16/2006      5/1/2007
                        Technical Recovery Team Abundance and                             
                        Productivity Viability Criteria for                               
                        Interior Columbia ESA-Listed Pacific                              
                        Salmon Populations                                                

  44          ISI       Right Whale Shipstrike Strategy         yes        12/16/2005     6/1/2007

  46          ISI       Status Review for Atlantic Salmon       yes        12/16/2005     1/15/2006

  61          ISI       Status Review for Atlantic Sturgeon     yes        6/16/2006      12/1/2006

  56          ISI       Stock Assessment for Northwestern       yes        6/16/2006      7/15/2006
                        Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Large                           
                        Coastal Shark Complex and Blacktip and                            
                        Sandbar Sharks                                                    

  57          ISI       Stock Assessment for Northwestern       yes        6/16/2006      9/15/2007
                        Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Small                           
                        Coastal Shark Complex and Blacknose,                              
                        Bonnethead, Finetooth, and Atlantic                               
                        Sharpnose Sharks                                                  

  71          ISI       Stock Assessment of Pacific Hake        yes        12/15/2006     3/5/2007
                        /Whiting in U.S. and Canadian Waters                              

  48          ISI       Stock Assessments of Fish and           yes        12/16/2005     2/15/2006
                        Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast                            
                        of the United States, specifically,                               
                        Atlantic mackerel, silver hake, illex                             
                        squid and the Atlantic States Marine                              
                        Fisheries Commission multispecies                                 
                        assessment                                                        

  64          ISI       Stock Assessments of Fish and           yes        12/15/2006     2/15/2007
                        Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast                            
                        of the United States, specifically,                               
                        ocean quahog, Northeast skate species                             
                        complex, and Atlantic surfclam                                    

  59          ISI       Stock Assessments of Fish and           yes        6/16/2006      8/15/2006
                        Invertebrates from the Northeast Coast                            
                        of the United States, specifically,                               
                        spiny dogfish shark, deep sea red crab,                           
                        and black sea bass                                                

  29          ISI       Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments:   yes        12/16/2005     4/3/2006
                        Technical Review and Use                                          
                        Recommendations Report 1: Copper                                  
                        treated products Report 2: Creosote                               
                        treated products                                                  

  42          ISI       U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Marine yes        12/16/2005     7/15/2006
                        Mammal Stock Assessments                                          
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  **Table 5:              
  Items where             
  public was              
  asked to                
  nominate                
  potential               
  peer                    
  reviewers**             
  ------------- --------- ---------------------------------------------------------------
  **ID**        **Info.   **Title**
                Type**    

  18            HISA      CCSP Product 1.3 Re-analysis of historical climate data for key
                          atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of
                          observed change

  20            HISA      CCSP Product 2.2 North American carbon budget and implications
                          for the global carbon cycle

  43            HISA      Proposed Noise Exposure Criteria for Marine Mammals

  32            ISI       Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Groundfish Stock Assessment and
                          Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks)

  68            ISI       Critical Habitat Designation for Elkhorn and Staghorn corals
                          under the Endangered Species Act

  27            ISI       Final Updated Status Review Report for North American Green
                          Sturgeon; \...Proposed Rule to List the Southern Distinct
                          Population Segment \... as Threatened; \...Final Rule to List
                          \... as Threatened

  31            ISI       Gulf of Alaska Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery
                          Evaluation (SAFE) reports (multiple stocks)
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