Meeting overview.

The Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC) meeting of the 37th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (37th SAW) was held at the School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth) in New Bedford, Massachusetts, June 16-20, 2003. The SARC Chairman was Patrick Cordue, Innovative Solutions, Ltd, New Zealand (CIE). Members of the SARC included scientists from the NEFSC, the NMFS’s Northeast Regional Office, the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (NEFMC, MAFMC), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), University of Maine, Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheres, the SEFSC’s Miami laboratory and the UK (Table 1). In addition, 22 other persons attended some or all of the meeting (Table 2). The meeting agenda is presented in Table 3.