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<br />Background <br /> <br />. Aquatic Protocol Evaluation Panel Convened in May <br />2001 <br />. Final PEP Report Received by TWG October 2001 <br />. GCMRC Responses and Direction to Work with TWG <br />Toward Implementation of PEP Recommendations <br />Approved by TWG in May 2002. <br />. Science Advisors Generally Concurred with <br />Recommendations in June 2002 <br />. Initial Descriptions of Proposed Changes Included <br />inFY03 and FY04 Budgets and Work Plans <br /> <br /> <br />Specific Recommendations <br />from External Reviews <br />- 2001 Aquatic PEP: <br /> <br />"A long-term monitoring program for the food base does <br />not presently exist. This is understandable because the <br />research needed to ensure a successful monitoring <br />program has not yet been completed. ..,The food base <br />program needs to be critically reviewed because the <br />current level of understanding about the linkages between <br />lower trophic levels and food availability of native fishes is <br />not adequate to interpret food base data in relation to the <br />management goal. ,.. GCMRC needs to explicitly identify <br />the goal of the food base program, determine what <br />metrics to use to monitor the lower trophic levels, and <br />decide what level of detection of change is required." <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />2 <br />