Oct. 2026 SSC Meeting

Meeting Agenda & Briefing Materials

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is holding a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee on Oct. 20th 2026, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.; Oct. 21st 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Oct. 22nd from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026

1:30 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

1. Introductions 
   1. October 2026 SSC Agenda (Attachment 1a)
   2. August 2026 SSC Meeting Minutes (Attachment 1b)
2. Public Comment
3. Fishery Management Plan Amendment and Council Activity Updates
   1. FMP Active Amendments Draft Document (Attachment 3a)
   2. SG Am60 Presentation Update (Attachment 3b; also available in Recent Docs)
4. SEDAR Assessment and Workgroups Updates
   1. South Atlantic SEDAR schedule (Attachment 4a)
   2. SSC Workgroups and SEDAR Panel Rosters (Attachment 4b)
   3. Red Grouper Stock Risk Rating Spreadsheet (Attachment 4c; also available in Recent Docs)
5. Dolphin Management Strategy Evaluation Review
   1. SEDAR 104: Atlantic Dolphinfish MSE Assessment Report (Attachment 5a)
   2. Dolphinfish MSE Empirical Management Procedures Presentation (Attachment 5b)

Wednesday, October 21st, 2026

8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

6. SEDAR 94: Florida Hogfish Stock Assessment Model Review
   1. SEDAR 94: Florida Hogfish (EFL/FLK) Stock Assessment Report (Attachment 6a)
   2. SEDAR 94: Florida Hogfish Presentation (Attachment 6b; also available in Recent Docs)
   3. SEDAR 94: CIE Review Report 1- Background (Attachment 6c)
   4. SEDAR 94: CIE Review Report 2- Background (Attachment 6d)
   5. SEDAR 94: CIE Review Report 3- Background (Attachment 6e)
   6. Florida Hogfish Assessment Terms of Reference (Attachment 6f)
   7. SAFMC ABC Control Rule Summary Tables (Attachment 6g)
   8. Florida Hogfish FPR (Attachment 6h; also available in Recent Docs)
7. Resilient Fisheries Project: Spatial Distribution Modeling 
   1. Reef Fish Spatial Distribution Model Presentation (Attachment 7a)
   2. Pelagics Spatial Distribution Model Presentation (Attachment 7b)
8. Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology 
   1. SBRM 2026 Preliminary Report (Attachment 8a; also available in Recent Docs)
   2. SBRM 2021 Final Report (Attachment 8b)

Thursday, October 22nd, 2026

8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

9. SEDAR 94: Florida Hogfish Catch Level Projections
   1. Florida Hogfish Additional Projections- if necessary (Attachment 9a; also available in Recent Docs)
   2. Post meeting final Hogfish projections (Attachment 9b)
10. MRIP-FES Revised Estimates and Calibration Update
    1. MRIP-FES Update Presentation (Attachment 10; also available in Recent Docs)
11. RAPID Data Collection Update
    1. RAPID Program Update (Attachment 11)
12. SEFSC-OST Precision Threshold Workgroup Update
    1. SEFSC-OST Precision Threshold Workgroup Update (Attachment 12)
13. Other Business
14. Public Comment
15. Consensus Statement and Recommendations Review
16. Next Meetings

Recent Documents

• 03b_SSC_Am60Presentation_202610.pdf
• 04c_ABC-CR_Risk_Tolerance_Sprdsht_RedGrouper.pdf
• 06b_SEDAR-94_KEYS_SAFMC_SSC_day1_final.pdf
• 06h_HogfishFL_FPR.pdf
• 08a_SBRM_Review_2026_Draft.pdf
• 09_SEDAR_94_KEYS_SAFMC_SSC_day2_final.pdf
• 10_SAFMC-SSC-FES-Calibration-2026.pdf

Staff Contact

• Judd Curtis

  Quantitative Fishery Scientist

  judd.curtis@safmc.net