October 2015

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — Thursday, October 8, 2015

Doubletree Philadelphia Center City 
237 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Briefing Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• Meeting Agenda
• Combined Briefing Materials (10.3 MB) 
• Meeting Motions
• Meeting Summary

Stock Status

• MAFMC Stock Status
• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios 

Habitat Workshop

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1) 
• Supplemental: 
  • Regional Use of the Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) Designation
• Presentations:
  • Workshop Introduction
  • Connecting Coastal Habitat to Fisheries Production - Howard Townsend, NOAA/NMFS/Habitat Conservation - Chesapeake Bay Office
  • Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for NW Atlantic Ecosystems - Sarah Gaichas, NMFS Ecosystem Assessment Program
  • Habitat Assessment Prioritization Process - Vince Guida, NEFSC Coastal Ecology Branch
  • Climate-related stock movement, habitat vulnerability, and management responses - Jon Hare, NEFSC Narragansett Laboratory
  • Using Existing Authorities to Achieve Broader Habitat Goals - Jessica Coakley, MAFMC Staff
• Webinar Recording - AM Session
• Webinar Recording - PM Session

Blueline Tilefish

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2) 
• Supplemental: 
  • SAFMC Blueline Tilefish Documents
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Spiny Dogfish Specifications

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

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Presentation

Executive Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5) 
• Webinar Recording

Comprehensive Research Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
• Supplemental: 
  • Mark Holliday Comments on MAFMC Research Plan
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Collaborative Research Priorities

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7) 
• Supplemental: 
  • Draft Cooperative Research Priorities
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Black Sea Bass Acceptable Biological Catch 2016/2017

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)
• Webinar Recording

NEFMC Framework for Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs

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

Unmanaged Forage

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10) 
• Presentation
• Supplemental:
  • Scoping Comment Summary
  • Revised FMAT Recommendation
• Webinar Recording

Sex-Specific Model for Summer Flounder

Pat Sullivan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Industry Funded Observer Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)
• Supplemental: 
  • Draft IFM Omnibus Amendment EA with Appendix (full version)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

NMFS Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Policy

Heather Sager

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

Business Session

• Organization Reports (Tab 14)
  • U.S. Coast Guard
  • Liaison Reports (Tab 15)
• Executive Director's Report (Tab 16) 
• Webinar Recordings:
  • Organizational Reports 
  • Liaison Reports
  • Committee Reports and Continuing and New Business