June 2016

Monday June 13, 2016 - Thursday, June 16, 2016
Newark, Delaware

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Detailed Agenda
• Complete Briefing Book (18.2 MB)
• Meeting Motions
• Meeting Summary

MAFMC Stock Status

• MAFMC Stock Status
• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)
• Presentation
• Supplemental: EFH Attachments (6b, 6c, 6d)
• Webinar Recording

Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Specifications, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)
• Presentation
• Supplemental:
  • Staff Memo to SSC
  • MSB AP Fishery Information Document
  • Fishery Performance Report
  • Mackerel Data Update 2016
  • Squid Data Update 2016
  • Butterfish Data Update
  • MSB Information Sheet
• Webinar Recording

River Herring/Shad, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Squid Capacity Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)
• Webinar Recording

Climate Change and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries

Jon Hare – NOAA Fisheries / Malin Pinsky – Rutgers University

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)
• Presentation - Jon Hare
• Presentation - Malin Pinsky
• Webinar Recording

BOEM’s Renewable Energy Activities

Brian Hooker - BOEM

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)
• Presentation
• Webinar Recording

Mid Atlantic Ocean Data Portal Presentation

Jay Odell – Nature Conservancy

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

eVTR Framework – Meeting 1

Andy Loftus – Loftus Consulting

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)
• Supplemental: VTR Reporting Instructions
• Webinar Recording

Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)
• Presentation
• Supplemental:
  • Full Draft EA
    • Appendices
  • Summary of 2016/2017 Herring and Mackerel Fishery Electronic Monitoring Project
• Webinar Recording - beginning at 0:09:00

Law Enforcement Report

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

Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications

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

Blueline Tilefish 2017 Recreational Specifications/Possible Reconsideration

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)
• Listening Session Summary
• Additional Comments Received (previously distributed to Council members)
• Webinar Recording

Business Session

• Organization Reports
  • Briefing Materials:
    • NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office
      • GARFO Status of Actions Report
    • NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center
      • Existing and Proposed Organization Restructure
      • NEFSC Quarterly Report
    • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Webinar Recording
• Liaison Reports (Tab 13)
• Executive Director's Report (Tab 14)
• Webinar Recording