The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's June 2015 meeting to be held at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451: telephone 757-213-3000.  Below is the meeting agenda. 

For online access to the meeting, enter as a guest at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/june2015/

Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• June 2015 Council Meeting Agenda
• Complete Briefing Book (19.8 MB)
• June 2015 Meeting Motions
• June 2015 Meeting Summary

MAFMC Stock Update

• MAFMC Stock Status
• Stock Size Relative to Biological Reference Points

Species Interactions Workshop

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)
• Presentations:
  • Overview: Terms and concepts, Sarah Gaichas
  • Assessment Models for MAFMC stocks: How does EAFM apply? Paul Rago
  • Current understanding of trophic dynamics, Sarah Gaichas
  • Fishery Interactions, Geret DePiper
  • How well (or not) do ABCs include ecosystem effects? Mike Wilberg
  • Mid-Atlantic Fish Habitat & EAFM, Jessica Coakley
  • Dealing with Interactions: Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Species Interactions, Jon Hare
  • Management Strategy Evaluation for Mid-Atlantic Fisheries, Mike Wilberg
  • Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for NW Atlantic Ecosystems, Sarah Gaichas
  • Species Interactions in the North Atlantic Ecosystem (graphic), Jason Link
• Audio Recordings
  • Audio Recording - Morning Session 1
  • Audio Recording - Morning Session 2
  • Audio Recording - Afternoon Session 1
  • Audio Recording - Afternoon Session 2

Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole

MSB Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)
• Audio Recording
• Presentation
• Public Comments:
  • Southern New England Fishing Industry Longfin Trimester II Petition
  • Wild Oceans Comments: Ecological Considerations in Mackerel ABC
  • PEW Comments, see item #3

Squid Capacity Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2, page 37)
• Supplemental:  Squid Capacity Amendment Scoping Document
• Audio Recording
• Presentation

River Herring and Shad Cap and Annual Review

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)
• Audio Recording
• Presentation
• Public Comments:
  • PEW Comments, see item #4

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Audio Recording
• Presentation

National Standard 1, 3, 7 Guidelines

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)
• Audio Recording

Commercial Fishery Mapping in Support of Regional Ocean Planning

• Audio Recording
• Presentation

Listening Session: Humpback Whale ESA Listing

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
• Audio Recording
• Presentation
• Press Release

Deep Sea Corals Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)
• Audio Recordings
  (Note: Part 1 is an audio recording only. Parts 2 and 3 are full webinar recordings.  Use the audio player below to listen to Part 1.)
  • Audio Recording - Part 2
  • Audio Recording - Part 3