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Meeting Notice

1. Meeting agenda

2. Timeline for skate work - January 2025 update

3. Thorny skate research
a. Presentation by Dr. Jeff Kneebone, New England Aquarium
b. Lesturgie et al (2025). Short-term evolutionary implications of an introgressed size-determining supergene in a vulnerable population. Nature Communications 16: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-56126-z

4. EFH Technical Review
a. Presentation by Julian Garrison, NEFMC staff
b. NEFMC EFH 5-Year Review Summary Report, January 17, 2025
c. EFH Designation Methods for New England and Mid-Atlantic Council-managed Species, January 8, 2025
d. Staff memo to Habitat Committee and Advisory Panel re recommended schedule for EFH designation actions, January 8, 2025

5. PDT workflow and skate discards
a. PDT meeting summary, July 15, 2024
b. Worksheet on PDT workflow and skate discards

6. Planning for 2025 skate assessment
a. 2023 Skate Management Track Assessment Report
b. Worksheet on assessment planning

7. Planning for 2026-2027 skate Specifications action
a. 2026-2027 Skate Specifications Action Plan – version 1
b. Memo from Monkfish and Skate PDTs to Committees, draft as of January 2025
c. Skate Framework 12 final submission
d. 2024 Skate Annual Monitoring Report