The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) Advisory Panel will meet via webinar on Monday, May 15, 2023 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is for the EOP Advisory Panel to discuss development of a policy/process for Council review of exempted fishing permit (EFP) applications for species listed as ecosystem components under the Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment. During this meeting, we will review background on this topic as well as a summary of the April 27 EOP Committee meeting on the same topic. The AP will then have the opportunity to provide feedback and input into the development of this policy/process.

Staff Contact: Julia Beaty, (302) 526-5250, jbeaty@mafmc.org

Webinar Connection

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Meeting Materials

• Agenda

• Staff memo: background and recommendations for next steps

• Summary of April 27, 2023 EOP Committee meeting

• Pacific Fishery Management Council Operating Procedure 24 (COP 24): Protocol for consideration of exempted fishing permits for shared ecosystem component species

• Comment letter from 11 organizations to the EOP Committee

• Lund’s Proposal to Assess the Impacts of an Atlantic Thread Herring Purse Seine Fishery on Endangered Species in the Mid-Atlantic Region

• Staff presentation