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Dec
3
1:30 PM13:30

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panels on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only connection option. 

Webinar Link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb2

Call In number: 800-832-0736, room number 4472108

Agenda

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss recreational management measures for the upcoming fishing year.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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Sep
29
9:00 AM09:00

Spiny Dogfish Advisory Panel Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish Advisory Panel will meet via webinar on September 29th, 2014 from 9 AM to 12 PM to develop comments relative to the 2015 spiny dogfish fishing year. Spiny dogfish management measures for the 2015 fishing year were established via rulemaking effective August 8, 2014.  Comments will be reviewed by the Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee and the Council in their consideration of alternative management measures for the 2015 fishing year.  

Webinar link:  http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/dogfish/

A listening station will also be available at the Council's office at 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901.

 

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Jul
11
9:00 AM09:00

Bluefish Advisory Panel Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Bluefish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet via webinar on Friday, July 11, from 9 AM to 12 PM. The primary purpose of the meeting is to develop a Fishery Performance Report for the Bluefish fishery in preparation for the Council and the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee review of 2015 specifications. Click here to view last year's Bluefish Fishery Performance Report. 

Webinar Link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/bluefish/

The meeting is open to the public and is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

For additional information about the meeting, contact Jim Armstrong, bluefish fishery management plan coordinator - (302) 526-5250, jarmstrong@mafmc.org

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Jul
1
10:00 AM10:00

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will meet jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panels on July 1, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The meeting has two primary purposes, as described below:

  1.  The AP will review fishery performance and create AP Fishery Performance Reports for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. Specifications for the 2015 fishing year, including catch and landings limits and commercial management measures, have already been implemented as part of previously set multi-year specifications. Specifications for 2015 will be reviewed by the MAFMC and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) to determine whether any changes are warranted. The Advisory Panel's Fishery Performance Reports for each species will be provided to the MAFMC and the ASMFC prior to their review of 2015 specifications.
  2. The AP will be asked to provide input on the range of issues to be considered in a recently-initiated amendment to the MAFMC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan. This amendment will relate to summer flounder management goals and strategies. More information can be found at: http://www.mafmc.org/actions/summer-flounder-amendment/.

Background Documents

Contact

For more information, contact Kiley Dancy, summer flounder scup and black sea bass FMP coordinator - (302) 526-5257, kdancy@mafmc.org.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

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Jun
6
1:30 PM13:30

River Herring and Shad (RH/S) Advisory Panel Meeting

The Council's River Herring and Shad (RH/S) Advisory Panel (AP) will meet via webinar on Friday, June 6, at 1:30 p.m. to develop recommendations for the 2015 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic mackerel fishery and provide general input on RH/S conservation.  The Council will utilize the input of the RH/S AP at the June 2014 Council meeting when setting the 2015 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic mackerel fishery.  

Webinar link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/rhsap/ 

There will be time during the meeting for public questions and comments.  Although the meeting will be held via webinar, anyone can attend at the Council office address (see below).  Please call the Council in advance if you wish to attend at the Council office. 

Address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.  

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Apr
23
9:00 AM09:00

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel Webinar

The Council's Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel will meet via webinar on April 23, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Webinar Link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/clams/

The purpose of this meeting is for the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel to develop a fishery performance report. Fishery performance reports are intended to facilitate structured input from advisory panels to the Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

Meeting Materials

For more information about the meeting, contact Jessica Coakley at jcoakley@mafmc.org or (302) 525-5252.

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Apr
14
1:00 PM13:00

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Advisory Panel Meeting

The Council’s Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Advisory Panel (AP) will meet via webinar on April 14 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Webinar link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/msbap2015specs/

The purpose of the meeting is to create Fishery Performance Reports in preparation for the Council's setting of 2015 specifications at the June 2014 Council meeting.  The intent of these reports is to facilitate structured input from the Advisory Panel members into the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish specifications process.  Although non-emergency issues not contained in this notice may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. 

Butterfish Assessment Summary

Butterfish Fishery Information Document

Squids NEFSC Biological Update

Longfin Squid Fishery Information Document

Illex Squid Fishery Information Document

Mackerel NEFSC Biological Update

Mackerel Fishery Information Document

For more information, contact Jason Didden at jdidden@mafmc.org or (302) 526-5254.

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Feb
10
2:00 PM14:00

Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Advisory Panel Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (Council) Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting on February 10, 2014 from 2 p.m. until 5p.m. The meeting will be held via webinar.  

Webinarhttp://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/msbap/

The purpose of the meeting is to gather input from the Advisory Panel on upcoming Council actions, primarily Framework 9 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan.  Framework 9 addresses concerns about slippage events on observed fishing trips.  Slippage events occur when all or a portion of a haul is released before observers can document/sample the catch.  Although issues not contained in this notice may be discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting.  

The background materials for the AP meeting are the same as Tab 2 for the Council meeting: http://www.mafmc.org/briefing/february-2014

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Feb
4
9:00 AM09:00

Tilefish Advisory Panel Webinar

The Tilefish Advisory Panel will meet on February 4, 2014 from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM. The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only connection option. 

Webinar: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/tilefish/ 
For audio access only, call 800-832-0736, room # 7833942

The purpose of the meeting is to create fishery performance report by the Council’s Golden Tilefish Advisory Panel (AP). The intent of this report is to facilitate a venue for structured input from the Advisory Panel members for the Golden Tilefish specifications process, including recommendations by the Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council’s intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Federal Register Notice

Meeting Materials

Agenda

2014 Tilefish Advisory Panel Information Document

2013 Tilefish Fishery Performance Report

 

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