The Joint Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold public meetings to discuss recreational management measures for the upcoming fishing year(s). Summer flounder recreational measures will be discussed from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., scup measures from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., and black sea bass measures from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

The meeting will be held via webinar at http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfscbsb-advisors/ (enter as a guest).

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Summary

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop a Fishery Performance Report for the Spiny Dogfish fishery in preparation for the Council and the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee review of specifications that have been set for the 2014 fishing year. 

The meeting will be held via webinar at http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/dogfish/

A listening station will also be available at the Council's office at 800 N. State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901.

Materials

• Agenda
• AP Info Document
• 2012 Spiny Dogfish Fishery Performance Report 
• Presentation

Special Accommodations:

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Contact

For further information, contact Jim Armstrong (telephone: 302-526-5250) 

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to  to review fishery performance and to create AP Fishery Performance Reports for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass fisheries. These Fishery Performance Reports will be provided to the MAFMC and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission prior to development of specifications for the 2014 fishing year, including catch and landings limits and other management measures.

A listening station will also be available at the Council's office at 800 N. State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901.

Additional Information

For further information, contact Kiley Dancy (telephone: 302-526-5257) 

Special Accommodations:

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Summary

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop recommendations for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder accountability measures.  

Due to declining stock status, Georges Bank yellowtail flounder catch is likely to be severely restricted in coming years.  The small-mesh whiting and squid fisheries have bycatch of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder that will likely need to be mitigated as part of a variety of fishing restrictions.  The Whiting Advisory Panel is meeting at the same time and the two advisory panels will meet jointly since the small-mesh measures are likely to affect both the whiting and squid fisheries.  The goal of the meeting is to develop recommendations for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder accountability measures to be considered as alternatives in Multispecies Framework Adjustment 51 and/or a future action in the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan.  Accountability measures can either be proactive, which prevent annual catch limit overages or reactive, which pay back past overages and/or prevent future overages.

Special Accomodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Contacts

For more information about this meeting, contact Jason Didden at (302) 526-5254 or jdidden@mafmc.org. 

Summary

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Bluefish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop a Fishery Performance Report for the Bluefish fishery in preparation for the Council and the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee review of specifications that have been set for the 2014 fishing year. 

The meeting will be held via webinar at  http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/bluefish/

A listening station will be available at the Council office at 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:  (302) 674-2331.  

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.  Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Contact

For more information about the meeting, contact Jim Armstrong (302-526-5250) 

Hilton Garden Inn Baltimore/Arundel Mills
7491 New Ridge Rd.
Hanover, MD 21076
telephone: (410) 878-7200

Purpose: Create Fishery Performance Reports and review findings of the January Squid Management Worskhop.

Federal Register Notice

Meeting Materials:

•  Last year’s staff memo
  (Incorporates the AP report information from last year)
• Updates from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
  Update of Catch and Survey Data for Illex and Longfin  Squids Through 2012 
  Butterfish Update (see page 5 for the punch-line).
  Mackerel Update
• The summary from the January 2013 Squid Workshop