October 2021 Council Meeting

The Council met by webinar Tuesday, October 5 – Wednesday, October 6, 2021. This meeting was conducted via webinar due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

• Combined Briefing Book

• Status Update Documents

• Meeting Motions

• Meeting Summary

Webinar Recordings:

• Tuesday, October 5 - Morning

• Tuesday, October 5 - Afternoon

• Wednesday, October 6 - Morning

• Wednesday, October 6 - Afternoon

Executive Committee – 2022 Implementation Plan

• Briefing Materials (Tab 1)

Chub Mackerel Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

• Presentation

HMS Diet Study Report

Walt Golet, University of Maine / Gulf of Maine Research Institute

• Briefing Materials (Tab 2)

• Supplemental: HMS Diet Study Summary

Atlantic Mackerel Rebuilding

• Briefing Materials (Tab 4)

• Supplemental

  • 2021 RH/S Update

    • Appendix 1-Indices

      • MA Indices

    • Appendix 2-Spatial Econ Analysis

• Presentation

Spiny Dogfish Specifications

• Briefing Materials (Tab 5)

• Supplemental: Oct 1, 2021 Committee Summary with Recommendations

• Presentation

Private Tilefish Reporting

• Briefing Materials (Tab 6)

• Presentation

North Atlantic Right Whales

Colleen Coogan, Marisa Trego (Protected Resources Division)

• Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

• Presentation

Overview of June 2021 Scallop FMP Biological Opinion

Bill Barnhill (GARFO Protected Resources Division)

• Presentation

Business Session

• Committee Reports

  • SSC Report (Tab 8)

  • Executive Committee

• Executive Director's Report (Tab 9)

  Supplemental:

  • Letter to NMFS - NS1 Technical Guidance Subgroup 3 Technical Memo – Managing with ACLs for Data Limited Stocks in Federal Fishery Management Plans

  • MAFMC Comments to Representatives Huffman and Case on HR 4690 (9/30/21)

• 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

• Liaison Reports (Tab 10) (includes SAFMC agenda and report and NEFMC agenda)

  • Supplemental: New England Liaison Report

• Other Business and General Public Comment

This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 USC 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.