The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar on Monday July 27, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to discuss management measures for all three species. The objectives of this meeting are for the Monitoring Committee to:

1. Review recent fishery performance and management measure recommendations from the Advisory Panel, the Scientific and Statistical Committee, and staff;

2. Review, and if appropriate, recommend changes to the previously implemented 2021 commercial and recreational Annual Catch Limits, Annual Catch Targets, commercial quotas, and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass;

3. Review commercial management measures for all three species and recommend changes if needed;

4. Review analysis of commercial scup discards and consider if any management response is needed; and 

5. Review the February recreational black sea bass fishery and recommend changes for February 2021 if needed.

Webinar Information

The meeting will be held via webinar, which can be accessed at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb-mc-july2020/. Meeting audio can be accessed by following the prompts which appear after logging into the webinar, or via telephone by dialing 1-800-832-0736 and entering room number 5068871.

Meeting Materials

• Meeting agenda

Summer Flounder 2021 Specifications

• Staff memo: Review of 2021 Summer Flounder Measures

• 2020 NEFSC Summer Flounder Data Update

• 2020 Advisory Panel Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Performance Report and additional AP comments received through 7/9/20 (one report for all three species)

• 2020 Summer Flounder Fishery Information Document

• Presentation

Commercial Scup Discards

• Scup Discards Report

• Presentation

Scup 2021 Specifications

• Staff Memo: Review of 2021 Scup Measures

• 2020 NEFSC Scup Data Update

• 2020 Advisory Panel Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Performance Report and additional AP comments received through 7/9/20 (same document for all three species)

• 2020 Scup Fishery Information Document

• Presentation

Black Sea Bass 2021 Specifications and February Recreational Fishery

• 2021 Specifications

  • Staff Memo: Review of 2021 Black Sea Bass Measures

  • 2020 NEFSC Black Sea Bass Data Update

  • 2020 Advisory Panel Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Performance Report and additional AP comments received through 7/9/20 (same document for all three species)

  • 2020 Black Sea Bass Fishery Information Document

• 2021 February Recreational Fishery

  • Staff memo on February recreational black sea bass fishery dated May 22, 2020 (previously provided to Monitoring Committee)

  • Summary of May 28, 2020 Monitoring Committee meeting

  • Additional information on for-hire fishing effort in February

  • Memo on North Carolina February 2020 black sea bass recreational harvest and season reduction proposal

  • Summary of Technical Committee review of North Carolina proposal for 2020 recreational measures to account for February black sea bass harvest

• Presentation