April 2015

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - Thursday, April 16, 2015

Ocean Place Resort  - One Ocean Boulevard, Long Branch, NJ 07740

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Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• Agenda
• Complete Briefing Book (10.9 MB)
• Meeting Motions
• Meeting Summary
• MAFMC Stock Status

Executive Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)
  • Earth Justice Letter Re: Unmanaged Forage (4/13/2015)
• Presentations: 
  • Climate change and fisheries adaptation, Malin Pinsky
  • Climate Change, Fisheries, and Communities, Bonnie McCay
  • Climate Science White Paper Overview (second draft)
  • Unmanaged Forage Fish - Regulatory Alternatives
• Webinar Recording

Golden Tilefish

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Webinar Recording

Control Rule Clarifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Industry Funded Observer Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
  • Electronic and Portside Monitoring Discussion Document (posted 4/10/15)
  • Industry-funded Monitoring Omnibus Amendment Action Plan (posted 4/10/15)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

River Herring Technical Expert Working Group (TEWG)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Delaware Recreational Shad Fishery

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8) 
• Webinar Recording

Bycatch Reduction in Summer Flounder Recreational Fishery

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9) 
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Proposed Rule - National Standards 1, 3, and 7

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10) 
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Listening Session

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11) 
• Webinar Recording

Business Session

• Briefing Materials
  • Organization Reports (Tab 12)
  • Coast Guard Report
  • Liaison Reports (Tab 13)
  • Executive Director's Report (Tab 14)
    • Summer Flounder Update Memo (posted 4/9/15)
    • Request for Proposals: Development of a Quantitative Stock Assessment for Black Sea Bass (posted 4/10/15)
  • Committee Reports (Tab 15)
• Presentations
  • SSC Working Group: Research Prioritization
• Webinar Recording