December 2016

Monday, December 12, 2016 – Thursday, December 15, 2016

Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore
550 Light St. 
Baltimore, MD  21202
Telephone: 410-234-0550

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• December 2016 Meeting Agenda
• MAFMC Stock Status
• Stock Size Relative to Biological Reference Points
• Complete Briefing Book
• Motions
• Meeting Summary

Executive Committee Meeting

(CLOSED)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

Squid Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)
• Supplemental:
  • Dec 1, 2016 Committee/AP Summary and Dec 7 FMAT call summary (NEW!)
  • 2006 Trimester Discussions
  • Lisa Hendrickson Analyses
  • Action Plan
  • May FMAT Meeting Summary
  • Requalification – Initial options and fishery performance
  • Discards in the Longfin Squid Trawl Fishery 
  • Earlier Correspondence 
  • Recent Correspondence
  • Correspondence received before final briefing book deadline (NEW!)
  • Pete Kaizer Emails (posted 12/12/2016)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force Report

Lee Anderson

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)
  • Full report and appendices are available at http://www.lenfestocean.org/EBFM
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment – Final Action

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Supplemental:
  • Public Hearing Document
  • Full Draft Environmental Assessment
  • Excel comment summary
  • All written comments received by NOAA
  • Public comments submitted to the Council
  • Public Hearing Comments
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Law Enforcement Report

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)
• Webinar Recording

Consideration of NJ Request for SMZ Status

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
• Supplemental: 
  • SMZ Postcards - Part 1 / Part 2
  • SMZ Letters
  • Reef Rescue Petition - Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
  • Dec. 8 Letter from Colleen Sculley, USFWS
  • National Artificial Reef Plan (as Amended): Guidelines for Siting, Construction, Development, and Assessment of Artificial Reefs
  • Appendix B. National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984, Title 11. Artificial Reefs (P.L.98-623)
  • National Artificial Reef Workshop
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

BOEM New York Energy Area Presentation

Brian Hooker - BOEM

• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Monkfish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)
• Supplemental:
  • Monkfish Fishery Management Area Daily Landings and Days-at-Sea Limit Allocation Analysis for FY2017-FY2019
  • Draft Monkfish Framework 10
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

HMS Amendment

Guy DuBeck, NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)
• Supplemental:
  • Amendment 5b Proposed Rule
  • Amendment 5b DEIS
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Observer Safety Program Review

Jane DiCosimo, NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)
• Supplemental:
  • Insurance Workshop Flyer
  • Observer Safety Action Plan
  • Observer Safety Briefing
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

National Standard 1 Guidelines

Deb Lambert, NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)
• Supplemental:
  • NS1 Final Rule
  • Final Changes to NS1 - Redline Version
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Scup Commercial Quota Framework / Addendum

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)
• Supplemental: 
  • Scup Distributions May and October
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Summer Flounder Allocation Review Study

Rob Hicks

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)
• Presentations:
  • Allocation Model Presentation
  • Peer Review Summary Presentation
  • Webinar Recording

Sex-Specific Summer Flounder Assessment Model Update

Pat Sullivan- Cornell University

• Briefing Materials (Tab 13)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Summer Flounder Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 14)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Effects of Ocean Acidification on Summer Flounder Reproduction and Productivity

Chris Chambers - NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 15)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Summer Flounder Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 16)
• Supplemental: 
  • ASMFC Draft Addendum XXVIII to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP
  • Letter from Jim Gilmore, NY DEC (December 8, 2016)
  • Letter from VSA, GSSA, and NCFA (December 9, 2016)
• Presentations:
  • Council staff presentation
  • Commission staff presentation (Addendum XXVIII)
• Webinar Recording

Scup Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 17)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Black Sea Bass Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 18)
• Supplemental:
  • Email from Kevin Slattery (December 12, 2016)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

2017 Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 19)
• Supplemental:
  • Industry request for the MAFMC to take up an amendment to the SCOQ FMP
• Webinar Recording (including black sea bass motion)

Business Session

• Briefing Materials:
  • Organization Reports (Tab 20)
    • Supplemental: Status Report of Greater Atlantic Region Actions
  • Liaison Reports (Tab 21)
  • Executive Director's Report (Tab 22), Chris Moore
• Webinar Recordings:
  • Organizational Reports
  • Liaison Reports
  • Executive Director's Report
  • Committee Reports / Continuing and New Business