December 2024 Council Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet Tuesday, December 10 – Thursday, December 12, 2024, in Annapolis, Maryland. The meeting will be held at the The Westin Annapolis (100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401; 410-972-4300), with a webinar option for those who choose to participate virtually.

• Meeting Recordings

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Report

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Stock Status

• Combined Briefing Book (updated 12/4/24)

Tuesday, December 10th

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Executive Committee Meeting (Closed Session)

10:00 a.m. Council Convenes with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 2025 Summer Flounder Recreational Measures Review

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• Presentation

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 2025 Scup Recreational Measures Review

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Presentation

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  ---------- LUNCH ----------

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 2025 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentation

2:00 p.m. ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board Adjourns / Council Convenes with the ASMFC’s Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Recreational Sector Separation and Catch Accounting Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental: Draft Scoping Document (posted 12/4/24)

• Presentation

3:00 p.m. ASMFC Policy Board Adjourns

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 2024 Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Risk Assessment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• Presentation

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 2025 Spiny Dogfish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Presentation

Wednesday, December 11th  

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species Separation Requirements Amendment Final Action

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Supplemental: Preliminary Cost Analysis for Additional Observer Coverage and Possible New Shoreside Monitoring Program (posted 12/4/24)

• Presentation

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  ---------- LUNCH ----------

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 2025 – 2029 Council Research Priorities

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Presentation

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 2025 Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9) (updated 12/4/24)

• Presentation

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Butterfish Mesh Requirements

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

• Presentation

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Ricks E Savage Award Presentation

Thursday, December 12th    

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Manomet’s River Herring Portal

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)

• Presentation

9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Business Session

• Committee Reports (Tab 12):

  • Scientific and Statistical Committee

  • Highly Migratory Species (HMS)

    • Supplemental: HMS Committee Meeting Summary - Nov. 21, 2024

  • Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP)

    • Supplemental: NTAP Working Group meeting notes - Nov 21, 2024

• Executive Director’s Report (Tab 13)

  • Supplemental: Press Release - Regional Fund Administrator for Offshore Wind Fisheries Compensatory Mitigation

• Organization Reports:

  • NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office - GARFO Status of Actions Report

  • NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center

  • NOAA Office of General Counsel

  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

  • US Coast Guard

•  Liaison Reports (Tab 14):

  • New England Council - December Meeting Agenda; Liaison Report (posted 12/11/24)

  • South Atlantic Council: December Meeting Agenda

• Other Business and General Public Comment