Terms of Reference for the American Eel Peer Review

1. Terms of Reference for the American Eel Peer Review • Evaluate adequacy, appropriateness, and uncertainty of available fishery-dependent and fishery-independent data sources • Adequacy, appropriateness, application, and uncertainty of models or other analytical methods • Evaluate fishery status and stock status • Evaluate fishery and stock status relative to biological reference points • Develop recommendations for future research

2. Adequacy of available data • Basis for selection of data sets • Development of coastwide fishery-independent index • Development of coastwide fishery-dependent index

3. Adequacy of available data • Basis for selection of data sets • Glass eel surveys (New Jersey, North Carolina)

4. Adequacy of available data • Basis for selection of data sets • Young-of-year surveys

5. Adequacy of available data • Basis for selection of data sets • Yellow eel surveys • Lake Ontario electrofishing index • Bay of Quinte trawl survey • Moses-Saunders eel ladder counts • Restigouche River electrofishing index • Margaree River electrofishing index • Miramichi River electrofishing index • Fort Halifax, Maine, eel ladder counts • Greenville, Connecticut • Lake Whitney, Connecticut • New Jersey green eel • Pennsylvania pencil eel index • Maryland stream survey • VIMS survey • York River VIMS data • Rappahannock River VIMS data • James River VIMS data

6. Adequacy of available data • Basis for selection of data sets • Development of coastwide fishery-independent index • Development of coastwide fishery-dependent index

7. Fishery-independent indices

8. Adequacy of available data • Basis for selection of data sets • Development of coastwide fishery-independent index • Development of coastwide fishery-dependent index

9. Fishery-dependent index