February 2025 Council Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet February 11-12, 2025. This will be a fully virtual meeting. Council members, other meeting participants, and members of the public will participate via Webex webinar.

Webinar Information

• Click here to join the webinar (if prompted, enter Meeting number: 2347 889 2558; Meeting password: pJjQxDkp344)

• To join by phone only, dial 415-655-0001 and enter access code 2347 889 2558

LIVE STREAM: To listen to the meeting without joining the webinar, check out the Council meeting live stream on YouTube.

Public Comments

The Council welcomes public comment from in-person and remote participants. Comments may be submitted using the comment form linked below or by email to cmoore@mafmc.org. Comments received by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, will be included in the relevant briefing tab. Comments submitted after this deadline and before 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 6, 2025 will be posted as supplemental materials. After the supplemental comment deadline, comments may only be submitted via the comment form (no email).

• February 2025 Comment Form

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Briefing materials will be posted below as they become available.

• Agenda

• Stock Status

• Combined Briefing Book

Tuesday, February 11th

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

• Review Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) membership applications

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Spiny Dogfish Accountability Measures Framework

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Recreational Sector Separation and Data Collection Amendment: Recreational for-hire control dates

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Legal Review, Financial Disclosure and Recusal Training
John Almeida, NOAA Fisheries General Counsel

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

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

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Survey Update
Dr. Kathryn Ford, NEFSC

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Fishing Gear Effects on Marine Habitats: A National Database Presentation
Dr. David Stevenson and Tori Kentner

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Locking Away Carbon on the Northeast Shelf and Slope (LOC-NESS)
Dr. Adam Subhas, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Standardized Bycatch Reduction Methodology (SBRM) 3-Year Review

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

Wednesday, February 12th

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

• Committee Reports (Tab 8):

  • Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel

• Executive Director’s Report (Tab 9) - Dr. Chris Moore

• Organization Reports:

  • NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office - 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

  • New England Council

  • South Atlantic Council

• Other Business and General Public Comment