The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) will meet jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Bluefish Management Board and Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board on Thursday, August 6, 2020. This meeting will be conducted by webinar.
MAFMC materials for the joint portion of the meeting will be posted at https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/august-6-2020. Webinar instructions and additional meeting details will be posted on the ASMFC’s Summer 2020 Meeting Page.
Preliminary Agenda
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) and ASMFC Bluefish Management Board
Progress Update on Bluefish Allocation and Rebuilding Amendment
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board
Consider Black Sea Bass Commercial State Allocation Amendment/Draft Addendum XXXIII for Public Comment
Progress Update on Recreational Reform Initiative
Review and Consider Approval of Massachusetts 2020 Black Sea Bass Recreational Proposal (Board only)
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Break
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. MAFMC and ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board (continued)