The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will be held via webinar, which can be accessed at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb_mc_nov2018/. Meeting audio can also be accessed via telephone by dialing 1-800-832-0736 and entering room number 5068871.

The purpose of this meeting is to consider 2019 recreational management measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. In light of the ongoing benchmark stock assessment for summer flounder, with peer review scheduled for late November 2018, the Monitoring Committee will consider how to approach development of 2019 summer flounder recreational measures after the assessment results are available. In addition, the Monitoring Committee will receive an update on a recreational Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for summer flounder. For scup and black sea bass, the Monitoring Committee will recommend federal waters measures for consideration by the MAFMC and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board in December 2018.

The Monitoring Committee will also review analysis of proposed changes in the commercial scup incidental possession limits and may develop plans for reviewing the commercial scup incidental possession limits in future years.

Meeting Materials

• Draft Agenda (Updated 11/2/18)

• Summer Flounder recreational measures staff memo (updated 11/15/18 for minor correction)

• Scup recreational measures staff memo

• Black Sea Bass Flounder recreational measures staff memo

• Scup commercial incidental possession limits

  • August 2018 staff memo on potential scup incidental possession limit changes

  • Analysis of observer data for longfin squid and scup catches