December 2016

Monday, December 12, 2016 – Thursday, December 15, 2016

Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore
550 Light St. 
Baltimore, MD  21202
Telephone: 410-234-0550

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• December 2016 Meeting Agenda

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size Relative to Biological Reference Points

• Complete Briefing Book

• Motions

• Meeting Summary

Executive Committee Meeting

(CLOSED)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

Squid Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Supplemental:

  • Dec 1, 2016 Committee/AP Summary and Dec 7 FMAT call summary (NEW!)

  • 2006 Trimester Discussions

  • Lisa Hendrickson Analyses

  • Action Plan

  • May FMAT Meeting Summary

  • Requalification – Initial options and fishery performance

  • Discards in the Longfin Squid Trawl Fishery 

  • Earlier Correspondence 

  • Recent Correspondence

  • Correspondence received before final briefing book deadline (NEW!)

  • Pete Kaizer Emails (posted 12/12/2016)

• Presentation

Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force Report

Lee Anderson

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

  • Full report and appendices are available at http://www.lenfestocean.org/EBFM

• Presentation

Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment – Final Action

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental:

  • Public Hearing Document

  • Full Draft Environmental Assessment

  • Excel comment summary

  • All written comments received by NOAA

  • Public comments submitted to the Council

  • Public Hearing Comments

• Presentation

Law Enforcement Report

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

Consideration of NJ Request for SMZ Status

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Supplemental: 

  • SMZ Postcards - Part 1 / Part 2

  • SMZ Letters

  • Reef Rescue Petition - Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

  • Dec. 8 Letter from Colleen Sculley, USFWS

  • National Artificial Reef Plan (as Amended): Guidelines for Siting, Construction, Development, and Assessment of Artificial Reefs

  • Appendix B. National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984, Title 11. Artificial Reefs (P.L.98-623)

  • National Artificial Reef Workshop

• Presentation

BOEM New York Energy Area Presentation

Brian Hooker - BOEM

• Presentation

Monkfish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Supplemental:

  • Monkfish Fishery Management Area Daily Landings and Days-at-Sea Limit Allocation Analysis for FY2017-FY2019

  • Draft Monkfish Framework 10

• Presentation

HMS Amendment

Guy DuBeck, NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Supplemental:

  • Amendment 5b Proposed Rule

  • Amendment 5b DEIS

• Presentation

Observer Safety Program Review

Jane DiCosimo, NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)

• Supplemental:

  • Insurance Workshop Flyer

  • Observer Safety Action Plan

  • Observer Safety Briefing

• Presentation

National Standard 1 Guidelines

Deb Lambert, NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

• Supplemental:

  • NS1 Final Rule

  • Final Changes to NS1 - Redline Version

• Presentation

Scup Commercial Quota Framework / Addendum

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)

• Supplemental: 

  • Scup Distributions May and October

• Presentation

Summer Flounder Allocation Review Study

Rob Hicks

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)

• Presentations:

  • Allocation Model Presentation

  • Peer Review Summary Presentation

Sex-Specific Summer Flounder Assessment Model Update

Pat Sullivan- Cornell University

• Briefing Materials (Tab 13)

• Presentation

Summer Flounder Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 14)

• Presentation

Effects of Ocean Acidification on Summer Flounder Reproduction and Productivity

Chris Chambers - NMFS

• Briefing Materials (Tab 15)

• Presentation

Summer Flounder Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 16)

• Supplemental: 

  • ASMFC Draft Addendum XXVIII to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP

  • Letter from Jim Gilmore, NY DEC (December 8, 2016)

  • Letter from VSA, GSSA, and NCFA (December 9, 2016)

• Presentations:

  • Council staff presentation

  • Commission staff presentation (Addendum XXVIII)

Scup Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 17)

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass Recreational Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 18)

• Supplemental:

  • Email from Kevin Slattery (December 12, 2016)

• Presentation

2017 Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 19)

• Supplemental:

  • Industry request for the MAFMC to take up an amendment to the SCOQ FMP

Business Session

• Briefing Materials:

  • Organization Reports (Tab 20)

    • Supplemental: Status Report of Greater Atlantic Region Actions

  • Liaison Reports (Tab 21)

  • Executive Director's Report (Tab 22), Chris Moore