August 2017

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - Thursday, August 10, 2017

Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown
21 N. Juniper St., Philadelphia, PA 19107
Telephone 215-496-3200

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Agenda (PDF)
• Complete Briefing Book
• Late Public Comments
• Meeting Motions
• Meeting Summary

Stock Status

• MAFMC Stock Status
• Stock Size and Fishing Mortality Ratios

Surfclam/Ocean Quahog

Excessive Shares Amendment, Surfclam OFL/ABC discussion

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)
• Supplemental:
  • Excessive Shares Amendment Scoping Comments
  • Dave Wallace Comments
• Presentations:
  • Excessive Shares Amendment Presentation
  • Surfclam OFL/ABC Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Risk Policy Framework – Meeting 1

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Bluefish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)
• Presentations:
  • MAFMC Bluefish Specifications Review
  • ASMFC Bluefish FMP Review
• Webinar Recording (see note at bottom of page regarding audio)

Scup Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Supplemental: 
  • Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass AP Webinar Summary
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording (see note at bottom of page regarding audio)

Summer Flounder Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)
• Supplemental:
  • Tony DiLernia Proposal: Commercial Summer Flounder Allocation
  • Emerson Hasbrouck 2013 Testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard: State-by-State Allocations of Commercial Fisheries Quota and the Impact on New York Fisheries
  • Brady Lybarger: Comments provided to Kiley Dancy by phone, 6/27/2017
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Summer Flounder Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
• Supplemental:
  • Carl Benson Comment
  • Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass AP Webinar Summary
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Summer Flounder Recreational Issues

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Black Sea Bass Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)
• Supplemental: Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass AP Webinar Summary
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Black Sea Bass Recreational Issues and Amendment Consideration

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)
• Presentations
  • ASMFC Draft Addendum XXX, Black Sea Bass Rec Working Group Recommendations, and Board Discussion
  • Consideration of a 2018 Wave 1 Recreational Black Sea Bass Fishery
• Webinar Recording

Law Enforcement Reports

• Briefing Materials:
  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
  • U.S. Coast Guard
• Webinar Recording

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Risk Assessment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Business Session

Briefing Materials:

• Committee Reports – SSC Report (Tab 11), updated 8/2/17
• Executive Director's Report (Tab 12)
  • Supplemental (Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket Buffer)
    • Martha’s Vineyard/Nantucket Squid Comments, 7/26/17
    • Supplemental Comments (received August 2-4), updated 8/4/17
• Science Report (Tab 13)
  • Supplemental:
    • U.S. Global Change Research Program Climate Science Special Report (CSSR), posted 8/9/17
    • Review of the Draft Climate Science Special Report, Click "Download Free PDF," then click "Download as Guest" and enter your email address 
• Organization Reports (Tab 14)
  • NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office
  • NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center
• Liaison Reports (Tab 15)

Webinar Recordings:

• GARFO Report
• Awards & SSC Committee Reports
• Executive Director’s Report
• Science Report
• Science Center Report
• General Counsel Report
• Liaison Reports
• Continuing and New Business
• ASMFC Report

NOTE: Due to technical difficulties with the webinar, there are intermittent periods without sound on the webinar recordings for bluefish and scup specifications. To access complete audio-only recordings from these portions of the meeting, go to https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7aKVuJOPoZVb1NaeEQ2bGZrVDg.