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

Risk Policy Framework – Meeting 1

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Presentation

Bluefish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentations:

  • MAFMC Bluefish Specifications Review

  • ASMFC Bluefish FMP Review

Scup Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental: 

  • Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass AP Webinar Summary

• Presentation

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

Summer Flounder Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Supplemental:

  • Carl Benson Comment

  • Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass AP Webinar Summary

• Presentation

Summer Flounder Recreational Issues

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Presentation

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

Law Enforcement Reports

• Briefing Materials:

  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

  • U.S. Coast Guard

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Risk Assessment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

• Presentation

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)