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NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-266 Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology 3-year Review Report - 2020 Reviewing SBRM Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole, Massachusetts March 2021 NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-266 This series represents a secondary level of scientific publishing. All issues employ thorough internal scientific review; some issues employ external scientific review. Reviews are transparent collegial reviews, not anonymous peer reviews. All issues may be cited in formal scientific communications. Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology 3-year Review Report - 2020 Reviewing SBRM Years 2018, 2019, and 2020 by Susan Wigley1 (chair), Sam Asci2, Sharon Benjamin6, Glenn Chamberlain3, Sarah Cierpich3, Jason Didden4, Katie Drew5, Chris Legault1, Dan Linden6, Kimberly Murray1, Douglas Potts6, Kate Sampson6, 7 and Chris Tholke 1NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026 2New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950 3Technical and Engineering Support Alliance, 15850 Crabbs Branch Way, Suite 380, Rockville, MD 20855 in support of Northeast Fisheries Science Center 4Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901-3910 5Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission,1050 N. Highland Street Suite 200 A-N, Arlington, VA 22201 6NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2276 7Ocean Associates, Incorporated, 4007 North Abingdon Street, Arlington, VA 22207 US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center Woods Hole, Massachusetts March 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................... vi LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................. ix LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES ............................................................................................................. xii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................... xiii LIST OF PREPARERS .......................................................................................................................... xiv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... xv BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 3 1. OBSERVER COVERAGE ............................................................................................................... 4 1.1 Methods ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3 Discussion ................................................................................................................................. 7 2. OBSERVED ENCOUNTERS .......................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Methods ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Discussion ................................................................................................................................. 9 3. DISCARD ESTIMATION, PRECISION, AND SAMPLE SIZE .................................................. 10 3.1 Methods ................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................................... 15 4. DISCARD REASONS FOR FISH AND INVERTEBRATES....................................................... 18 4.1 Methods ................................................................................................................................... 18 4.2 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................................... 19 5. EFFECTIVENESS OF SBRM........................................................................................................ 20 5.1 Methods ................................................................................................................................... 20 5.2 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 21 5.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................................... 23 6. REFINEMENTS TO SBRM METHODS ...................................................................................... 25 7. ACCURACY AND POTENTIAL SOURCES OF BIAS ANALYSES ......................................... 27 7.1 Methods ................................................................................................................................... 27 7.2 Results ..................................................................................................................................... 28 iv 7.3 Discussion ............................................................................................................................... 29 8. IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................... 30 8.1 Consequences to Management when SBRM Performance Standard Is Not Met ................... 30 8.2 Other Management Implications: Nonfederally Managed Species ......................................... 34 8.3 Management Implications: Summary ..................................................................................... 34 9. RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................... 35 REFERENCES CITED ........................................................................................................................... 38 TABLES ................................................................................................................................................. 42 FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. 117 APPENDIX TABLES ........................................................................................................................... 175 v LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Species groups, fleets, and time frames of data used for the discard estimation, precision, and sample size analyses for the 14 fish/invertebrate species groups, and the corresponding sea day schedule for Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) 2018, 2019, and 2020. ........................................................................................ 42 Table 2. Time series for most recent sea turtle discard estimates and the Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) year informed by these estimates................................ 43 Table 3. List of management actions associated with monitoring of federal fisheries since the implementation of original Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) in 2008................................................................................................................................... 44 Table 4. Fleet stratification abbreviations used in fish/invertebrate sections ............................... 46 Table 5. List of the 14 fish and invertebrate species groups (in bold), with species group abbreviations in parentheses and scientific names in italics, and the species that compose these groups, corresponding to the 13 federal fishery management plans implemented in the waters off the northeastern United States. .................................................................. 47 Table 6. Number of observed (OB) and Vessel Trip Report (VTR) trips and percentage of observer coverage, by fleet for Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) 2018 (July 2016 through June 2017), SBRM 2019 (July 2017 through June 2018) and SBRM 2020 (July 2018 through June 2019). ................................................................... 48 Table 7. Number of observed (OB) and Vessel Trip Report (VTR) sea days and percentage