February 2022 Council Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s February 2022 meeting was held by webinar February 8-9, 2022.

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Summary

Recordings:
View the complete meeting playlist here

• February 8, 2022 – Morning (Atlantic Sturgeon, Recusal Briefing)

• February 8, 2022 – Afternoon I (Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures)

• February 8, 2022 – Afternoon II (Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda)

• February 9, 2022 – Business Session

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Agenda - Revised 2/4/22

• Stock Status Updates

• Combined Briefing Book

• View supplemental and late comments

Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch Working Group

Spencer Talmage; Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• Presentation

Recusal Briefing

John Almeida; NOAA General Counsel

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Presentation

Reconsideration of 2022 Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures and Harvest Reduction Target

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

• Board-Only Briefing Materials

• ASMFC Public Comments (this link includes all public comments submitted to the ASMFC for the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board and the ISFMP Policy Board)

Council:

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Supplemental Public Comments (includes combined comments for this agenda item and the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda.)

• Supplemental Email Comment

Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda

Joint Council Meeting with ASMFC ISFMP Policy Board

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental:

  • ASMFC Public Comments

  • MAFMC Supplemental Public Comments

  NOTE: Both of the above links include combined comments related to 2022 Recreational Management Measures and the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda.

Business Session

• Committee Reports (Tab 5) – SSC, RSC

• Executive Director’s Report (Tab 6)

  Supplemental Materials:

  • ASMFC Aquaculture Pilot Project Grants Program, FY18-FY20 Awards

  • Staff Memo: Updates on Central Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Planning Areas

  • GARFO Response to MAFMC Letter Regarding Offshore Wind Fishery Mitigation

  • NTAP Member Roster

• Organization Reports

  • NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office - GARFO Status of Actions Report

  • NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center,

  • NOAA Office of General Counsel

  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement - NOAA OLE Report

  • US Coast Guard - USCG Enforcement Report

• Liaison Reports (Tab 7) – New England Council, South Atlantic Council

• Other Business and General Public Comment