The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will meet October 1-4, 2018 in Cape May, New Jersey. The meeting will be held at the Congress Hall hotel (200 Congress Place, Cape May, NJ 08204, Telephone 609-884-8421).
Meeting Materials: Briefing documents will be posted at http://ww.mafmc.org/briefing/october-2018 as they become available.
Public Comments: Written comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19 to be included in the Council meeting briefing book. Comments received after this deadline but before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 27 will be posted as “supplemental materials” on the Council meeting web page. After that date, all comments must be submitted using an online comment form available at available at http://www.mafmc.org/public-comment.
Webinar: For online access to the meeting, enter as a guest at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/october2018.
Agenda
Monday, October 1, 2018 - Thursday, October 4, 2018
Congress Hall - 200 Congress Place, Cape May, NJ 08204, Telephone 609-884-8421
Monday, October 1st
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
Review 2018 and proposed 2019 implementation plans
Develop recommendations for 2019 priorities
Tuesday, October 2nd
9:00 a.m. Council Convenes
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Spiny Dogfish Specifications
Develop and approve 2019-2021 specifications
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Annual Update on GARFO/NEFSC Fishery Dependent Data Initiative Project (FDDI), David Gouveia and Barry Clifford, GARFO
FDDI overview and update
Potential expansion and enhancement of electronic vessel trip reporting
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Risk Assessment
Review of Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee (EOP) meeting and recommendations
Identify high risk priorities and determine next steps
Overview of EOP Committee comments on draft Northeast
Regional Ecosystems-Based Fishery Management Implementation Plan
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Risk Policy Framework
Update on summer flounder economic Risk Policy analysis (D. Lipton, NEFSC)
Discuss next steps on Risk Policy Framework
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. 2020-2024 Strategic Plan
Discuss timeline and approach
Wednesday, October 3rd
9:00 a.m. Council Convenes
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Squids and Butterfish Specifications
Review 2019-2020 specifications and adopt modifications if needed.
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment
Review history, pilot electronic monitoring results, and New England actions
Discuss next steps
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Illex Amendment
Review and approve scoping document
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Chub Mackerel Amendment
Review Fishery Management Action Team, Advisory Panel, and Committee recommendations for range of alternatives
Review and approve public hearing document
Thursday, October 4th
9:00 a.m. Council Convenes
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. South East Regional Office (SERO) Party/Charter Reporting Requirement, Rich Malinowski, SERO
Presentation on pending electronic reporting requirements for vessels with for-hire South Atlantic federal permits
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. HMS Permits and Law Enforcement Issues, Greg DiDomenico, Garden State Seafood Association
Discuss how permits are issued with respect to USCG safety regulations and law enforcement responsibilities of the USCG and NOAA
10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Business Session
Committee Reports
Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
Executive Director's Report, Chris Moore
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Framework and addendum on conservation equivalency, Block Island Sound transit, and slot limits - Review and approve modification to alternatives
Organization Reports
NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office
NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center
NOAA Office of General Counsel
NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
US Coast Guard
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Liaison Reports
New England Council
South Atlantic Council
Continuing and New Business