October 2012

Tuesday, October 15, 2012 - Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ocean Place, One Ocean Blvd., Long Branch, NJ 07740 

Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• October Council Agenda

• October 2012 Meeting Report

• Council Votes to Increase Commercial Quota and Trip Limits for Spiny Dogfish

• October 2012 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• August Council Minutes

• September Emergency Webinar Minutes

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratio Graphs

• Tab 01 Visioning and Strategic Planning Working Group

• Tab 02 Listening Session_Clean Ocean Zone

  • Presentation: Clean Ocean Zone

  • Clean Ocean Zone Press Release

• Tab 03 Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) Summer Flounder Study

  • Presentation: Summer Flounder Management Strategy Evaluation

• Tab 04 Delaware Special Management Zone Request

  • Presentation: SMZ Committee Report

• Tab 05 Spiny Dogfish Amendment 3

  • Dogfish Amendment 3 Presentation

• Tab 06 Spiny Dogfish Management Measures

  • Spiny Dogfish Management Measures Presentation

• Tab 07 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Frameworks 7 and 8

  • MSB Framework 7 Presentation

  • MSB Framework 8 Presentation

• Tab 08 Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) FMAT Report

• Tab 09 Science Center for Marine Fisheries

  • Science Center for Marine Fisheries Presentation

• Tab 10 Executive Director's Report

• Tab 11 Science Report

  • EAFM Update Presentation

September 2012

September 14, 2012
Special Council Meeting via Webinar

• Press Release: Council Recommends Higher Butterfish Catch for September 2012

• Briefing Materials

August 2012

Monday, August 13, 2012 - Thursday, August 16, 2012

Courtyard Philadelphia Downtown, 21 N. Juniper St., Philadelphia, PA 19107 

Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• August Council Agenda

• August 2012 Meeting Report

• Mid-Atlantic Council to Initiate Scup Amendment

• August 2012 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• June Council Minutes

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratio Graphs

• Listening Session Press Release

• Tab 01 Visioning and Strategic Planning Working Group

• Tab 02 Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee

• Tab 03 Executive Committee

• Tab 04 Special Management Zone Considerations for Delaware Reefs

• Tab 05 Scup Allocation Report

• Tab 06 Summer Flounder Management Measures

• Tab 07 Scup Management Measures

• Tab 08 Black Sea Bass Management Measures

• Tab 09 Black Sea Bass Amendment 17

• Tab 10 Bluefish Management Measures

• Tab 11 Research Set-Aside

• Tab 12 National Standard 1 Guidelines

• Tab 13 Spiny Dogfish Amendment 3

• Tab 14 Northeast Fishery Science Center Strategic Planning Presentation

• Tab 15 Liaison Reports - NEFMC

• Tab 16 Organizational Reports - Law Enforcement

• Tab 17 Executive Director's Report

June 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012 - Thursday, June 14, 2012

Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 

Meeting Materials

Agenda and Summary Documents

• June 2012 Council Agenda

• June 2012 meeting Report

• Mid-Atlantic Council Recommends Measures to Protect River Herring and Shad

• June 2012 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Graphs of Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

• Tab 01 Research Set-Aside Committee

• Tab 02 Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee_Amendment 14

• Tab 03 Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish_2013 Specifications

• Tab 04 Status of New York's Offshore Planning

• Tab 05 Bureau of Energy Management (BOEM)

• Tab 06 Monkfish Amendment 6

• Tab 07 Visioning 

  • Presentation

• Tab 08 Surfclam/Ocean Quahog_2013 Specifications

• Tab 09 Highly Migratory Species_Amendment 7 Scoping

• Tab 10 National Standard 1 Guidelines

• Tab 11 Clean Ocean Action

• Tab 12 Organizational Reports

• Tab 13 Liaison Report_NEFMC

• Tab 14 Executive Director's Report

April 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Sanderling, 1461 Duck Road, Duck, NC 27949  

Summary Documents

• Summary: April 2012 Meeting Report

• Press Release: Council Votes to Initiate Amendment for Deep Sea Coral Management

• Minutes: April 2012 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• April 2012 Council Agenda

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

• Tab 01_Ecosystem_Ocean_Planning_Committee

• Tab 02_Public_Listening_Session_BOEM_Wind_and Power

• Tab 03_Executive Committee

• Tab 04_RSA_Committee

• Tab 05_Surfclam_Ocean_Quahog

• Tab 06_Tilefish_Management_Mesures

• Tab 07_Atlantic_Sturgeon

• Tab 08_Spiny Dogfish_Amendment_3

• Tab 09_Squid_Mackerel_Buttefish_Framework_5

• Tab 10_ Squid_Mackerel_Buttefish_Framework_6

• Tab 11_Liaison_Report_SAFMC

• Tab 12_Executive_Director's_Report

• Tab 13_Science_Report

• Tab 14_Committee_Reports_SSC

February 2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - Thursday, February 16, 2012

Virginia Beach, VA 

Summary Documents

• Meeting Report: February 2012 Meeting Report

• Minutes: February 2012 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• February 2012 Council Agenda

• December 2011 Council Minutes

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

• Tab 01_Surfclam_Ocean_Quahog_Tilefish_Committee

• Tab 02_Ecosystem_Ocean_Planning_Committee

• Tab 03_Spiny_Dogfish_Committee_Amendment_3

• Tab 04_Omnibus_Framework_Supplemenatl_EA

• Tab 05_Advisory_Panel_Workgroup_Report

• Tab 06_Squid_Mackerel_Butterfish_Framework_5

• Tab 07_HMS_Amendment_Presentation

• Tab 08_Listening_Session_Marine_Recreational_Information_Program

• Tab 09_Organizational_Reports_SAW_SARC_53_Black_Sea_Bass

• Tab 10_ Executive_Director's_Report

• Tab 11_Science_Report

• Tab 12_Committee_Reports_Monkfish_Subcommittee

December 2011

December 13-15, 2011

Kingsmill, 1010 Kingsmill Road, Williamsburg, VA 23185

Summary Documents

• Summary: December 2011 Meeting Report

• Minutes: December 2011 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• December 2011 Council Agenda

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

• Tab 01_Mid-Atlantic Monkfish Subcommittee

• Tab 02_CIE Report-Excessive Shares

• Tab 03_Presentation from Regional Office_Habitat Division

• Tab 04_Ecosystem Committee Meeting_November 14 Meeting

• Tab 05_Revised_2012 Summer Flounder Management Measures

• Tab 06_Revised_2012 Scup Management Measures

• Tab 07_2012 Summer Flounder Recreational Management Measures

• Tab 08_2012 Scup Recreational Management Measures 

• Tab 09_2012 Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures

• Tab 10_Review of Amendment 17 to Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass

• Tab 11_Fishery Management Councils_Ecosystem-based Management

• Tab 12_Organizational Reports

• Tab 13_Liaison Reports

• Tab 14_Executive Director's Report

• Tab 15_Science Report

• Tab 16_Committee Reports

October 2011

October 11-13, 2011

Dolce Seaview, 401 South New York Road, Galloway, NJ 08205

Summary Documents

• Summary: October 2011 Meeting Report

• Minutes: October 2011 Meeting Minutes

Briefing Book

• October 2011 Council Agenda

• August 2011 Council Meeting Minutes

• MAFMC Stock Status

• Stock Size and Mortality Ratios

• Tab 01_Research Set-Aside Committee

• Tab 02_Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee_Amendment 14

• Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Amendment 14 DEIS

• Tab 03_Exectuive Committee

• Tab 04_SBRM Presentation_3 Year Review

• Tab 05_Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass_Amendment 17

• Tab 06_Spiny Dogfish Committee as a Whole_2012 Management Measures

• Tab 07_Consolidated HMS FMP Scoping Presentation

• Tab 08_Liaison Reports_SAFMC

• Tab 09_Executive Director's Report

• Tab 10_Science Report