Monitoring Committees
Overview
Each of the Council’s fishery management plans (FMPs) has a Monitoring Committee which is responsible for annually reviewing the best available data and recommending commercial and recreational measures designed to assure that the target mortality level for each fishery managed under the FMP is not exceeded. The Council and its Committees consider Monitoring Committee recommendations (along with input from the SSC, advisory panels, and the public) during the annual specification-setting process for each fishery.
Monitoring Committees consider a wide range of data, including commercial and recreational catch/landing statistics, current estimates of fishing mortality, stock status, the most recent estimates of recruitment, VPA results or length-based stock projection models, target mortality levels, beneficial impacts of size/mesh regulations, as well as the level of noncompliance by fishermen or states.
Membership
Monitoring Committees always include staff representatives from the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the Greater Atlantic Regional Office, and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. Other members may include staff from the New England and/or South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and state management agencies, as well as industry representatives involved in the affected fishery. The MAFMC Executive Director or his designee serves as chair the Committee.
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish
Jason Didden, MAFMC
Julia Beaty, MAFMC
Charles Adams, NEFSC
Carly Bari, GARFO
Kiersten Curti, NEFSC
Lisa Hendrickson, NEFSC
Daniel Hocking, GARFO
Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass
Julia Beaty, MAFMC
Kiley Dancy, MAFMC
Hannah Hart, MAFMC
Tracey Bauer, ASMFC
Peter Clarke, NJ Div of Fish and Wildlife
Lorena de la Garza Hernandez, NC Div Marine Fisheries
Steve Doctor, MD DNR
Alexa Galvan, VA Marine Resources Commission
Emily Keiley, NOAA/NMFS
Elise Koob, MA DMF
Mike Schmidtke, SAFMC
Rachel Sysak, NY DEC, Marine Fisheries
Corinne Truesdale, RI Div of Fish and Wildlife
Sam Truesdell, NMFS NEFSC
Chelsea Tuohy, ASMFC
Greg Wojcik, CT DEP
Rich Wong, DE Div of Fish and Wildlife
Anthony Wood, NMFS/NEFSC
Bluefish
Karson Cisneros, MAFMC
Melinda Lambert , NC Division of Marine Fisheries
John Carmichael, SAFMC
Michael Celestino, NJ Div of Fish and Wildlife
Eric Durrell, MD DNR
Cynthia Ferrio, NOAA/NMFS
James Gartland, VIMS
Kurt Gottschall, CT Bureau of Marine Fisheries
Wilson Laney, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Nicole Lengyel, RI Div of Fish and Wildlife
Sandra Dumais, NY DEC, Marine Fisheries
Halie Ofarell, FL FWC
Chelsea Tuohy, ASMFC
Richard Wong, DNREC - Div of Fish and Wildlife
Anthony Wood, NMFS/NEFSC
Amy Zimney, SC DNR
TBD, MA DMF
Spiny Dogfish
Jason Didden, MAFMC
Melinda Lambert , NC Division of Marine Fisheries
Cynthia Ferrio , GARFO
Dvora Hart, NEFSC
David McCarron, NEFMC
Nichola Meserve, Massachusetts Div. of Marine Fisheries
Conor McManus, Rhode Island Div. of Fish & Wildlife
Angel Willey, MD Dept. of Natural Resource
Scott MacDonald*
John Whiteside*
Tilefish
José Montañez, MAFMC
Hannah Hart, MAFMC
Michael Auriemma, NJ Div of Fish and Wildlife
John Maniscalco, NYSDEC Div of Marine Resources
Paul Nitschke, NEFSC
Douglas Potts , GARFO
Laurie Nolan, NY Fisherman*
*Non-voting, ex-officio industry representatives