October 2019

Monday, October 7, 2019 - Thursday, October 10, 2019

Durham Convention Center, 301 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC 27701, Telephone 919-956-9404

• Meeting Motions

• October 2019 Meeting Report

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Detailed Agenda

• Late Public Comments

• Compiled Briefing Book (updated 10/2/19 with minor revisions to Tab 14)

• Compiled Supplemental Materials (posted 10/4/19)

MAFMC Stock Status

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Fishing Mortality

Executive Committee - 2020 Priorities

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• Supplemental:

  • Proposed 2020 Actions and Deliverables - DRAFT

  • Input from the FMAT, AP, and Ctte on the SCOQ Catch Share Program Review – Next Steps

Monkfish 2020-2022 Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Supplemental: Monkfish Operational Assessment for 2019

• Presentation

Spiny Dogfish 2020 Specifications Review

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Supplemental:

  • Staff Fishery Information Document

  • NEFSC Dogfish Data Update

  • Massachusetts’s 2018 Spiny Dogfish Economic Analysis

  • ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Trip Limit Scoping Comments

• Presentation

Illex Permitting and MSB Goals and Objectives Amendment   

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental: Illex permits with no landings

• Presentation

Illex In-Year Quota Adjustment Working Group   

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• See webinar recording linked under Illex Permitting and MSB Goals and Objectives Amendment

2020 - 2024 Comprehensive Research Priorities   

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Supplemental:

  • Additional Public Comment

• Presentation

Summary of Operational Assessments for Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish, NEFSC Staff

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Supplemental: Operational Assessment of the Black Sea Bass, Scup, Bluefish, and Monkfish Stocks, Updated Through 2018

• Presentation

Bluefish 2020-2021 Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Presentation

Bluefish Allocation Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)

• Presentation

Scup Commercial Discards Report

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

  • Supplemental: See Advisory Panel Meeting Summary and Additional Advisor Comments linked under Tab 11

• Presentation

Scup 2020-2021 Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)

• Supplemental: Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Meeting Summary and Additional Advisor Comments

• Presentation

Summer Flounder 2020 Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)

• Supplemental:

  • Additional Public Comments

  • See Advisory Panel Meeting Summary and Additional Advisor Comments linked under Tab 11

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass 2020-2021 Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 13)

• Supplemental: See Advisory Panel Meeting Summary and Additional Advisor Comments linked under Tab 11

• Presentation

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocations

• Briefing Materials (Tab 14) (revised 10/2/19)

• Presentation

Potential Black Sea Bass Commercial Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 15)

• Presentation

Recreational Reform Initiative

• Briefing Materials (Tab 16)

• Presentation

Draft 2020 - 2024 Strategic Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 17)

• Supplemental: Draft Strategic Plan “At-a-Glance” (10/9/19)

• Presentation

Business Session

Briefing Materials:

• Committee Reports (Tab 18)

• Executive Director's Report (Tab 19)

  • Supplemental:

    • Forage Management in the Mid-Atlantic Overview (June 2019)

    • Draft Letter: HR 2236

• Organization Reports

  • NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office

  • US Coast Guard Report

• Liaison Reports (Tab 20)