The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will meet on Thursday, July 19, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place Inner Harbor, 511 South Central Avenue Baltimore, MD, 21202.

The purpose of this meeting is to recommend 2019 commercial and recreational Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and Annual Catch Targets (ACTs) for summer flounder and black sea bass, and review previously implemented 2019 ACLs and ACTs for scup. The Monitoring Committee will also review a recent mesh size study for these three species and may recommend changes to commercial mesh size requirements, in addition to reviewing other commercial measures for this FMP.

Meeting Materials 

• Final Meeting Agenda
• 2018 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass AP Fishery Performance Report - Final as of 7/10/18
  • Additional Advisor Comments as of 7/10/18
• Mesh Size Study Report
  • Collaborative Research Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Mesh Size Study Final Report
  • Monitoring Committee discussion questions
• Summer Flounder Specifications
  • Staff Memo: 2019 Summer Flounder Measures
  • Summer Flounder Data Update
  • Summer Flounder Fishery Information Document
• Summer Flounder Recreational Contract
  • Evaluation of F-Based Management for the Recreational Summer Flounder Fishery
• Scup Specifications 
  • Staff Memo: 2019 Scup Measures
  • Scup Data Update (Revised 7/3/18)
  • Scup Fishery Information Document
  • MADMF Scup Recreational Size Request
  • MADMF Scup Mesh Size Trigger Request
• Black Sea Bass Specifications
  • Staff memo: Review of 2019 Black Sea Bass Measures
  • Black Sea Bass Data Update
  • Black Sea Bass Fishery Information Document
  • Supplemental: RI Study Fleet Proposal 
• Recreational Issues Framework/Addendum 
  • Overview of alternatives under consideration