June 2025 Council Meeting

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council met Tuesday, June 3 – Thursday, June 5, 2025, at the Hilton Garden Inn Virginia Beach Oceanfront (3315 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451; 757-305-9001).

• Meeting Motions

• Recordings

• Meeting Summary - coming soon

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Stock Status

• Combined Briefing Book

Tuesday, June 3rd  

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Spiny Dogfish Accountability Measures Modification Framework: Framework Meeting #1

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• Presentation

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 2026-2028 Blueline Tilefish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Supplemental: Public Comment Letter-D.Hemilright

• Presentation - SEDAR

• Presentation

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 2026 Golden Tilefish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentation

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. NEFSC Cost Survey for Commercial Fishing Businesses Presentation (Gregory Ardini, Economist, NOAA Fisheries)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Presentation

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Rulemaking (CANCELLED)

Wednesday, June 4th    

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Unmanaged Commercial Landings Report

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Supplemental:

  • GARFO notification of exempted fishing permit application for neon flying squid (5/28/2025)

  • Guidance Document for Council Review of Exempted Fishing Permit Applications for Unmanaged Forage Amendment Ecosystem Component Species (December 2023)

• Presentation

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 2025 Modular Ocean Model (MOM) 6 Presentation
(Vincent Saba, NEFSC Ecosystem Dynamics & Assessment Branch)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Presentation

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. White Paper on Separate OFLs and ABCs for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Presentation

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Offshore Wind Monitoring Standards Update
(Northeast Fisheries Science Center staff: Elizabeth Methratta, Chris Orphanides, and Angela Silva)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)

• Presentation

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. ---------- LUNCH ----------

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 2026-2028 Chub Mackerel Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10)

• Presentation

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 2026 Butterfish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)

• Presentation

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. 2026 Longfin Squid Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)

• Presentation

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 2026 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 13)

• Presentation

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Gear Marking/On-Demand Gear Framework

• Briefing Materials (Tab 14)

• Supplemental: PDT/FMAT Meeting 4 Summary

• Presentation

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Acknowledgment of Outgoing Council Members

Thursday, June 5th

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Business Session

• Committee Reports:

  • Scientific and Statistical Committee (Tab 15)

  • Presentation

• Executive Director’s Report (including Executive Order Discussion)

  • Presentation

  • Supplemental items not included in briefing tab:

    • May 2025 HMS Advisory Panel Meeting Agenda

    • CMOD Workshop Agenda

    • Council Coordination Committee Letter to Representative Magaziner Regarding the State of Fisheries (05/29/25)

    • Council Coordination Committee Letter to Secretary Lutnick Regarding FY2025 Council Funding (05/27/25)

• Organization Reports:

  • NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office

  • NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center

  • NOAA Office of General Counsel

  • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement

  • US Coast Guard

• Liaison Reports:

  • New England Council

  • South Atlantic Council

• Other Business and General Public Comment

  • GARFO Recreational For-Hire LOA Concept Letter (5/16/25)