December 2020 Council Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met by webinar Monday, December 14 - Thursday, December 17, 2020.

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Summary

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Detailed Agenda

• View Late Comments

• Combined Briefing Book

Stock Status

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Fishing Mortality Ratios

Executive Committee (CLOSED SESSION) - Ricks E Savage Award

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

2021 Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Supplemental documents (bullet and frigate mackerel issue):

  • SAMFC Amendment 12 to the Dolphin Wahoo FMP

  • Public comments on bullet and frigate mackerel in the 2021 implementation plan

• Presentation

SSC Economic Work Group Report

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentation

Council Recusal Process

John Almeida, NMFS

• Presentation

Update on Habitat Activities (NMFS Regional Updates, Wind Updates)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Presentations

• Supplemental:

  • DOI Memo Re: Fisheries Interference

  • Letter to USCG from Dr. Dewayne Fox and Dr. John Madsen regarding Delaware Bay Anchorage B impacts on sturgeon habitat

Scup 2021 Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass 2021 Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Presentation

Summer Flounder 2021 Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Supplemental: Additional Public Comments

• Presentation

Bluefish 2021 Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Presentation

Bluefish Board Only: Technical Committee Report on Biological Monitoring Program

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)

• Presentation

Recreational Reform Initiative

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

• Presentation

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

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)

• Supplemental:

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

  • Additional Public Comment

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass Commercial State Allocation Amendment and Draft Addendum XXXIII for Final Action

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)

• Supplemental:

  • Additional Public Comment

  • CT Delegation Letter

• Presentation

Update on Atlantic Right Whale Issues

Colleen Coogan (Take Reduction Team Coordinator) – NMFS/GARFO / Sean Hayes (Chief, Protected Species Branch) – NMFS/NEFSC

• Presentation

Business Session

Briefing Materials:

• Executive Director's Report (Tab 13)

  • Supplemental:

    • Staff Memo: Pre-application Meeting for Blue Water Fisheries Proposal

    • Blue Water Fisheries Project Summary

    • Blue Water Fisheries CASS Technical Report

• Organization Reports

  • NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office

  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

  • US Coast Guard

• Liaison Reports (Tab 14)

  • New England Council