March 2019

Wednesday, March 6 - Thursday, March 7, 2019

Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451, Telephone 757-213-3000

Note: Public comments submitted prior to the briefing book deadline are included in the appropriate “Briefing Materials” link under each agenda item listed below. Comments submitted after the briefing book deadline but before the Thursday prior to the meeting are posted as separate supplemental documents under the appropriate agenda item. All other comments are compiled in the “Late Public Comments” file linked below.

Agenda Overview and Briefing Materials

• Meeting Agenda (revised 2/25/19 to add ASMFC Board-only session)

• Compiled Briefing Book

• Late Public Comments

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Summary

Stock Status Updates

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Fishing Mortality Ratios

Summary of Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW)/Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC) 66

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

• NEFSC Presentation

Summer Flounder 2019-2021 Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Supplemental:

  • February 2019 SSC Report

  • February 27 Monitoring Committee Meeting Summary

  • March 1 Advisory Panel Summary

  • Supplemental Comments

• Staff Presentation

Summer Flounder 2019 Recreational Measures

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Supplemental:

  • February 27 Monitoring Committee Meeting Summary

  • March 1 Advisory Panel Summary

  • Supplemental Comments

• Staff Presentation

Summer Flounder Commercial Issues and Goals and Objectives Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental Materials:

  • MAFMC Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

  • ASMFC Draft Amendment Document

  • Supplemental NEFSC Economic Analysis (December 2018)

  • Evaluation of the Distribution of Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) Biomass in the Nearshore Waters of the Mid-Atlantic Bight (December 2018)

  • Commercial Quota Allocation Proposal from ASMFC Rhode Island Delegation (February 22, 2019)

  • Letter from Connecticut Rep. Courtney and Sens. Blumenthal and Murphy

  • Letter from Rhode Island Sens. Reed and Whitehouse

• Staff Presentation

Meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Board

Note: the Board met from 5:00-6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6, after the Council adjourned.

• Briefing Materials

• Supplemental materials

• ASMFC Staff Presentation (Summer Flounder)

Interim 2020 Specifications for Black Sea Bass, Scup, and Bluefish

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• Supplemental:

  • February 2019 SSC Report

• Staff Presentation

Black Sea Bass Management Reform

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Staff Presentation

Kitty Hawk Wind Project

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Presentation

Chub Mackerel Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

• Supplemental:

  • Chub Mackerel Amendment comments from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission

  • Summary of February 22, 2019 AP Meeting

  • Summary of February 25, 2019 Committee Meeting

• Staff Presentation

Business Session

Briefing Materials:

• Committee Reports (Tab 9)

  • Supplemental:

    • February 2019 SSC Report

• Executive Director’s Report (Tab 10)

  • Supplemental:

    • NEFMC/MAFMC Letter to GARFO re: Right Whale Consultation

    • ABTA Letter

    • Revised EAFM Guidance Document

• Organization Reports (Tab 11)

  • Supplemental:

    • Coast Guard Report

    • NOAA OLE Enforcement Report

    • GARFO Status of Actions Report

  • Presentations

    • OLE Enforcement Report Presentation

• Liaison Reports (Tab 12)