October 2015

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 — Thursday, October 8, 2015

Doubletree Philadelphia Center City 
237 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Briefing Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• Meeting Agenda

• Combined Briefing Materials (10.3 MB) 

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Summary

Stock Status

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios 

Habitat Workshop

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1) 

• Supplemental: 

  • Regional Use of the Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) Designation

• Presentations:

  • Workshop Introduction

  • Connecting Coastal Habitat to Fisheries Production - Howard Townsend, NOAA/NMFS/Habitat Conservation - Chesapeake Bay Office

  • Integrated Ecosystem Assessments for NW Atlantic Ecosystems - Sarah Gaichas, NMFS Ecosystem Assessment Program

  • Habitat Assessment Prioritization Process - Vince Guida, NEFSC Coastal Ecology Branch

  • Climate-related stock movement, habitat vulnerability, and management responses - Jon Hare, NEFSC Narragansett Laboratory

  • Using Existing Authorities to Achieve Broader Habitat Goals - Jessica Coakley, MAFMC Staff

Blueline Tilefish

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2) 

• Supplemental: 

  • SAFMC Blueline Tilefish Documents

• Presentation

Spiny Dogfish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentation

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Presentation

Executive Committee

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5) 

Comprehensive Research Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Supplemental: 

  • Mark Holliday Comments on MAFMC Research Plan

• Presentation

Collaborative Research Priorities

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7) 

• Supplemental: 

  • Draft Cooperative Research Priorities

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass Acceptable Biological Catch 2016/2017

• Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

NEFMC Framework for Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs

• Briefing Materials (Tab 9)

• Presentation

Unmanaged Forage

• Briefing Materials (Tab 10) 

• Presentation

• Supplemental:

  • Scoping Comment Summary

  • Revised FMAT Recommendation

Sex-Specific Model for Summer Flounder

Pat Sullivan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 11)

• Presentation

Industry Funded Observer Amendment

• Briefing Materials (Tab 12)

• Supplemental: 

  • Draft IFM Omnibus Amendment EA with Appendix (full version)

• Presentation

NMFS Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Policy

Heather Sager

• Briefing Materials (Tab 13)

• Presentation

Business Session

• Organization Reports (Tab 14)

  • U.S. Coast Guard

  • Liaison Reports (Tab 15)

• Executive Director's Report (Tab 16)