The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will meet jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass AP on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. until noon.

The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only connection option.

Webinar link: 

http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/fsb-ap-july2015/

Audio only: 800-832-0736; Room number 4472108. 

The purpose of this meeting is for the advisors to review and comment on recent stock assessment information as well as the reports of the MAFMC’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee meetings held in July 2015.  The MAFMC and the ASMFC will consider the input from the AP in August when setting fishery specifications (i.e. catch and landings limits and management measures) for 2016-2018.

Background Materials

• SSC Meeting Report

• Monitoring Committee DRAFT meeting summary

Summer flounder 2016-2018 ABC Specifications

• Revised Staff Recommendations Memo, 7-17-2015
• Summer Flounder Staff Memo 7-9-2015
• Summer Flounder Assessment Update for 2015
• Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Performance Reports
  • Additional Advisor Comments
• Summer Flounder Fishery Information Document
• Public Comments:
  • Letter to SSC from Meade Amory
  • Letter to SSC from Virginia Seafood Coalition
  • Letter to SSC from Recreational Fishing Alliance
  • Letter to SSC from North Carolina Fisheries Association
  • Letter from New Jersey Senators Menéndez and Booker, and Rep. Pallone
• Staff Presentation to SSC

Scup 2016-2018 ABC Specifications

• Staff Memo: Scup Management Measures for 2016-2018
• Scup Stock Assessment Team Report (SCeMFiS Report), Steve Cadrin, J-J Maguire, and Robert Leaf
• Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Performance Reports (Scup - p. 5)
  • Additional Advisor Comments
• Scup Fishery Information Document
• 60th Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW-60)
  • Assessment Summary Report – Prepublication Draft
  • SAW-60 Panelist Reports
  • SAW-60 Working Papers

Black Sea Bass 2016-2018 ABC Specifications

• Black Sea Bass Staff Memo
• Black Sea Bass Data Update for 2015
• Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Performance Reports
  • Additional Advisor Comments
• Black Sea Bass Fishery Information Document 
• Jim Dawson Comments
• 2013 SSC Meeting Report
• Data Limited Techniques for Tier 4 Stocks: An alternative approach to setting harvest control rules using closed loop simulations for management strategy evaluation, Jason McNamee, Gavin Fay, Steven Cadrin
  • Memo: Recommendation for an ABC for black sea bass based on the Data Limited analysis
  • Data and code (zip file)
• Staff Presentation to SSC

Related Meeting Pages:

• SSC Meeting - July 21
• Monitoring Committee Meeting - July 23
• Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass AP Meeting - June 17