August 2013

Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - Thursday, August 15, 2013

Double Tree by Hilton Wilmington
4727 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803

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Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• August 2013 Meeting Agenda
• Download all briefing materials (zip file)
• August 2013 Meeting Summary
• August 2013 Council Meeting Minutes
• Press Release:  Mid-Atlantic Council Approves 2014-2018 Strategic Plan 

Stock Update

• MAFMC Stock Status
• Stock Size and Mortality Ratio

Research Set-Aside Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)
• Presentation (ALWTRP Proposed Rule)
• Audio

Deep Sea Coral

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)
• Amendment 16 Range of Alternatives Decision Document (not included in briefing book)
• Presentation (Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee)
• Presentation  (Full Council)
• Audio (Committee)
• Audio (Full Council) 

Listening Session- Dr. Jeremy Firestone

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)
• Calculating the offshore wind power resource: Robust assessment methods applied to the U.S. Atlantic Coast (supplemental )
• Effects of an offshore wind farm on temporal and spatial patterns in the demersal fish community (supplemental)
• Presentation
• Audio

Strategic Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Presentation (Public comments)
• Presentation (Implementation Plan) 
• Audio

Omnibus Baseline Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)
• Presentation
• Audio

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
• Presentation
• Audio

Butterfish Research

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)
• Dividing up the Allowable Catch for Atlantic Butterfish between Landings and Discards in the Longfin Squid Fishery: A Discussion of Outcomes and Tradeoffs
  Ardini 2013
• Evaluating Trade-offs in an Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Paradigm: an Exploration Through analysis of the Atlantic Butterfish and Longfin Squid FisheriesDuke Masters Project
  (Carlisle, Rogers, Wang)  2013
• Presentation
• Audio

SAFMC Public Hearing

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)
• Audio

Business Session & Organizational Reports

• Briefing Materials- Organizational Reports (Tab 9)
• Briefing Materials- Liaison Reports (Tab 10)
• Briefing Materials- Executive Director's Report (Tab 11)
• Briefing Materials- Science Report (Tab 12)
• Briefing Materials- Continuing and New Business (Tab 13)
• Presentation- Enforceability Precepts
• Presentation- Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
• Audio