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Aug
12
to Aug 15
Council Meetings

August 2024 Council Meeting - Philadelphia, PA

  • The Westin Philadelphia (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met Monday, August 12 – Thursday, August 15, 2024 in Philadelphia, PA.

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Monday, August 12

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Swearing in of new Council members / Election of officers

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 2025-2027 Golden Tilefish Specifications

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 2025 Blueline Tilefish Specifications

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Electronic Monitoring and Reporting Grant Program
Willy Goldsmith, Pelagic Strategies

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Road Map

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) Updates

Tuesday, August 13

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Council Process Review - Final Report
Brett Wiedoff, Parnin Group

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 2025 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications Review

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

1:00 p.m. Council Convenes with the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. MRIP Update and Listening Session
Katherine Papacostas, NOAA Fisheries MRIP Program Manager

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 2025 Summer Flounder Specifications Review

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Summer Flounder Mesh Exemptions Framework/Addendum - Approve draft addendum for public comment

4:30 p.m. Council and Board Adjourn

Wednesday, August 14

9:00 a.m. Council Convenes with the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 2025 Scup Specifications Review

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 2025 Black Sea Bass Specifications

11:30 a.m. Council Adjourns

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Only FMP Review and Vice-Chair Elections

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

1:00 p.m. Council Convenes with ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Program Policy Board

1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda

3:30 p.m. Council Convenes with ASMFC Bluefish Management Board

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 2025 Bluefish Specifications Review

5:00 p.m. Council Adjourns

5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ASMFC Bluefish Board Only - FMP Review and Vice-Chair Elections

Thursday, August 15

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Business Session

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Apr
9
to Apr 11
Council Meetings

April 2024 Council Meeting - Atlantic City, NJ

  • Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel (Pearl Ballroom) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met Tuesday, April 9 – Thursday, 11, 2024 at The Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Recordings

  • April 9, 2024 - MSA Confidentiality Proposed Rule, Offshore Wind Compensation, State of the Ecosystem Report, EAFM Risk Assessment, Habitat Updates

  • April 10, 2024 (AM) - Dogfish/Monkfish Sturgeon Bycatch Framework, Industry Based Survey Update

  • April 10, 2024 (PM) - Golden Tilefish Catch Share Program Review, Golden Tilefish Research Track Assessment Overview, Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy Construction Sounds on Longfin Squid and Black Sea Bass, Summer Flounder Commercial Mesh Exemptions Framework

  • April 11, 2024 - Business Session

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Tuesday, April 9th

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Proposed Rule to Update Regulations Associated with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act’s Confidentiality Requirements – NOAA Fisheries HQ Staff

1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Offshore Wind Fisheries Compensation Programs

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 2024 State of the Ecosystem Report – Dr. Sarah Gaichas, NEFSC

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  2024 Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Risk Assessment Report

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Habitat Activities Update – Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office Habitat and Ecosystem Services Division

Wednesday, April 10th  

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Joint MAFMC/NEFMC Framework to Reduce Atlantic Sturgeon Interactions in the Monkfish/Dogfish Gillnet Fisheries: Final action

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. NTAP Progress Report for Industry-Based Survey Pilot Program

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

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Golden Tilefish Catch Share Program Review

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Golden Tilefish Research Track Assessment Overview

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy Construction Sounds on Behavior of Longfin Squid and Black Sea Bass – Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Summer Flounder Commercial Mesh Exemptions Framework Meeting #1 (with ASMFC SFSBSB Board)

Thursday, April 11th   

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

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Mar
19
10:00 AM10:00
SSC

March 2024 SSC Meeting

The Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will met via webinar March 19, 2024.

Staff Contact: Brandon Muffley, bmuffley@mafmc.org, (302) 526-5260

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Ecosystem Science Activities

  1. State of the Ecosystem Cover Letter and Request Memo

  2. 2024 NEFSC Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem Report

    • Note: draft EAFM risk assessment indicators will be included as part of the State of the Ecosystem presentation

  3. Supplemental: EAFM Risk Assessment Review (Materials from October 2023 Council meeting)

  4. Presentation

Cooperative Research Branch Overview and Updates

Recent publications of relevant Cooperative Research Branch activities:

  1. Design, implementation, and results of a collaborative shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) electronic size monitoring pilot project (Mercer et al. 2023)

  2. Bringing in the experts: application of industry knowledge to advance catch rate standardization for northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) (Mercer at al. 2023)

  3. Shelf break exchange processes influence the availability of the northern shortfin squid, Illex illecebrosus, in the Northwest Atlantic (Salois et al. 2022)

  4. Learning from the study fleet: maintenance of a large-scale reference fleet for Northeast U.S. fisheries (Jones et al. 2022)

  5. Evaluating Potential Impacts of Offshore Wind Development on Fishing Operations by Comparing Fine- and Coarse-Scale Fishery-Dependent Data (Allen-Jacobson et al. 2023)

  6. Presentation

Overfishing Limit (OFL) Coefficient of Variation (CV) Sub-Group Update

  1. Draft Mark-Up of OFL CV Guidance Document

  2. OFL CV Sub-Group Background Information

  3. Presentation

Other Business

  1. Draft meeting plan for the Scientific Coordination Sub-Committee 8th National Workshop

  2. Workshop agenda - Defining Biological Reference Points in a Dynamic Northeast U.S. Marine Environment

    • Note: Summary of biological reference point information for MAFMC and NEFMC stocks located in SSC Google Drive (not for distribution)

  3. Draft 2024 SSC Species/Topic Lead Assignments

  4. 2024-2025 Stock Assessment Schedule

  5. 2024 SSC meeting schedule and anticipated topics

  6. Presentation

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Nov
9
3:00 PM15:00
Workshop

NEFMC Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Public Information Workshop (Montauk, NY)

  • Montauk Playhouse and Community Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The New England Fishery Management Council has scheduled seven public information workshops to help inform fishermen and other stakeholders about ecosystem-based fishery management (EBFM) and its potential application to a Georges Bank Ecosystem Production Unit. The Council has been referring to this approach as an example Fishery Management Plan for Georges Bank (eFEP).

Given the potential implications for Mid-Atlantic fisheries and stakeholders, one of the workshops will be held in Montauk, NY on November 9. Please note that the workshop originally planned for Manahawkin, NJ has been cancelled. Learn more and register at the links below.

Register for the Workshops > HERE

QUESTIONS? Contact Senior Fishery Analyst Andrew Applegate, the Council’s EBFM lead, at aapplegate@nefmc.org.

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Apr
5
5:30 PM17:30
Workshop

Summer Flounder MSE Workshop (Maryland through North Carolina)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) held three virtual regional public workshops to solicit input on future management of the recreational summer flounder fishery. Public input provided will help inform the development of a management strategy evaluation (MSE) which will evaluate different management strategies designed to minimize discards in the recreational summer flounder fishery. This MSE is part of the Council’s continued implementation of its Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) structured framework process that will evaluate different management approaches within an ecosystem context to determine if the outcomes associated with the different approaches achieve management goals and objectives. More information about the summer flounder MSE can be found on the Summer Flounder Management Strategy Evaluation page.

During the workshop participants listened to a series of short background presentations and then provided input and feedback regarding summer flounder discard concerns, potential management objectives to address these concerns, and performance metrics and strategies to achieve these objectives. 

Contact: Brandon Muffley, bmuffley@mafmc.org, (302) 526-5260

Agenda and Workshop Materials

  1. Agenda

    Webex Participant Guide

  2. Overview of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Structured Framework

  3. Regional Workshop Background and Participant Expectations

  4. MSE Scoping Feedback – Regional Analysis and Summary

  5. MSE Scoping Feedback Form (January 2021)

Presentations

Virtual Workshop Schedule

  1. Massachusetts through Connecticut: Monday, March 29, 2021; 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

  2. New York through Delaware: Wednesday, March 31, 2021; 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

  3. Maryland through North Carolina: Monday, April 5, 2021; 5:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

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Apr
11
to Apr 13
Council Meetings

April 2017 Council Meeting

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 - Thursday, April 13, 2017

Icona Golden Inn 
7849 Dune Dr. 
Avalon, New Jersey
Telephone 609-368-5155

Briefing Materials

Stock Status

River Herring & Shad Committee

State of the Ecosystem and EAFM

Law Enforcement Reports

Chub Mackerel Amendment

Ricks E Savage Award

Golden Tilefish Specifications

Blueline Tilefish Specifications

A Review of Potential Approaches for Managing Marine Fisheries in a Changing Climate – Presentation

Hudson Canyon Sanctuary Proposal

Update on Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology

Industry Funded Monitoring (IFM) Amendment

Business Session

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