February 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - Thursday, February, 12, 2015

Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh Brownstone-University
1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605

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Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• Meeting Agenda

• Briefing Book - Part 1 (Agenda/Tabs 1 - 4)

• Briefing Book - Part 2 (Tabs 5 - 10)

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Report

Stock Update

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

Research Set-Aside Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• Presentation 

Climate Change and Fisheries - Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2) 

• NOAA Fisheries Climate Strategy 

  • Presentation

• MAFMC Climate White Paper

  • Presentation

• Supplemental: 

  • Emerging Adaptation Approaches for Climate-Ready Fisheries Management  (Pinsky, M.L., and N.J. Mantua. 2014. Emerging adaptation approaches for climate-ready fisheries management. Oceanography 27(4):146–159, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.93. 
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Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Cost Recovery Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3) 

• Presentation

• Supplemental: Comment letter - Dave Wallace, Wallace and Associates

Omnibus Observer Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

  • Public Comments

  • Draft Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment (including EA)

  • Public Comments

  • NEFMC Letter to MAFMC re: Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment

• Presentation: Omnibus Industry Funded Monitoring Amendment

Deep Sea Corals Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)   

• Presentation

• Supplemental:

  • Complete listing of public comments, petitions, and signatures

  • Additional VMS Analysis of Squid Trips Reported in Deep Water

  • Garden State Seafood Association - Alternate Discrete Boundaries  

Listening Session - MRIP New Effort Estimation Methodology

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6) 

• Presentation

ACCSP Presentation - Recent Data Collection Improvements

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Presentation

NMFS Presentation - Electronic Technology Implementation Plan Update

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Presentation

Business Session

• Organization and Liaison Reports (Tab 9)

  • ASMFC Winter Meeting Report

  • Presentation: Reforming the Northeast Stock Assessment Enterprise

• Executive Director's Report (Tab 10)