August 2020 Council Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council held its August 2020 Council Meeting Monday, August 10, 2020 - Thursday, August 13, 2020. Due to public health concerns related to the spread of COVID-19, this meeting was conducted by webinar only.

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Combined Briefing Book

• Motions

• Meeting Summary

Longfin Squid 2021-2023 Specifications, Butterfish 2021-2022 Specifications, and Atlantic Mackerel 2021-2022 Specifications

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

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• Presentations:

  • Butterfish

  • Longfin Squid

  • Atlantic Mackerel

River Herring and Shad Cap for the Mackerel Fishery

River Herring/Shad (RH/S) Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Presentation

Swearing in of New and Reappointed Council Members and Election of Officers

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

Bluefish 2021 Specifications Review

MAFMC and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Bluefish Management Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Presentation

Summer Flounder 2021 Specifications Review

MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• Supplemental:

  • Monitoring Committee meeting summary from July 27

  • Advisory Panel meeting summary from July 29

• Presentation

Scup Commercial Discards Report

MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Supplemental: See the Monitoring Committee Meeting Summary linked under the Tab 5 supplemental documents

• Presentation

Scup 2021 Specifications Review

MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Supplemental: See the Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel Meeting Summaries linked under the Tab 5 supplemental documents

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass 2021 Specifications Review; February 2021 Recreational Fishery; North Carolina proposal

MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Materials for Board-Only Action:

  • Memo on North Carolina February 2020 black sea bass recreational harvest and season reduction proposal

    Summary of Technical Committee review of North Carolina proposal for 2020 recreational measures to account for February black sea bass harvest

• Supplemental:

  • See the Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel Meeting Summaries linked under the Tab 5 supplemental documents

  • Additional Public Comment

• Presentation

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/Recreational Allocation Amendment

MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)

• Supplemental: See the Advisory Panel Meeting Summary linked under the Tab 5 supplemental documents

• Presentation

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 2021 - 2026 Specifications and Updates

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

• Presentation

Business Session

Briefing Materials:

• Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Report (Tab 11)

  • Meeting Summary Presentation

  • Species ABC Recommendations Presentation

• Executive Director's Report (Tab 12), Chris Moore

• Supplemental Executive Director’s Report Documents:

  • Letter from Jim Lovgren Chris Oliver about the resumption of Observer coverage

  • Tilefish Rack Card

• Documents for E.O 13921 Discussion:

  • Briefing Documents - Memo, E.O. Section 4 Excerpt, NMFS Guidance and Template (included in Tab 12)

  • Compiled Public Comments (posted on 8/10/20)

    • Note: an additional late comment was submitted via the late comment form

  • Presentation

• NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office

• NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

• US Coast Guard Report (Tab 13)

• Liaison Reports (Tab 14)