April 2015

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - Thursday, April 16, 2015

Ocean Place Resort  - One Ocean Boulevard, Long Branch, NJ 07740

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Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• Agenda

• Complete Briefing Book (10.9 MB)

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Summary

• MAFMC Stock Status

Executive Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

  • Earth Justice Letter Re: Unmanaged Forage (4/13/2015)

• Presentations: 

  • Climate change and fisheries adaptation, Malin Pinsky

  • Climate Change, Fisheries, and Communities, Bonnie McCay

  • Climate Science White Paper Overview (second draft)

  • Unmanaged Forage Fish - Regulatory Alternatives

Golden Tilefish

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentation

Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

Control Rule Clarifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• Presentation

Industry Funded Observer Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

  • Electronic and Portside Monitoring Discussion Document (posted 4/10/15)

  • Industry-funded Monitoring Omnibus Amendment Action Plan (posted 4/10/15)

• Presentation

River Herring Technical Expert Working Group (TEWG)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Presentation

Delaware Recreational Shad Fishery

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8) 

Bycatch Reduction in Summer Flounder Recreational Fishery

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9) 

• Presentation

Proposed Rule - National Standards 1, 3, and 7

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10) 

• Presentation

Listening Session

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11) 

Business Session

• Briefing Materials

  • Organization Reports (Tab 12)

  • Coast Guard Report

  • Liaison Reports (Tab 13)

  • Executive Director's Report (Tab 14)

    • Summer Flounder Update Memo (posted 4/9/15)

    • Request for Proposals: Development of a Quantitative Stock Assessment for Black Sea Bass (posted 4/10/15)

  • Committee Reports (Tab 15)

• Presentations

  • SSC Working Group: Research Prioritization