April 18, 2013, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Hilton Garden Inn, Baltimore/Arundel Mills
Workshop Materials
All materials will be stored and updated on the Deep Sea Corals Website
- Workshop Agenda
- Workshop Overview, Goals, and Amendment 16 Context
- Draft Alternatives as revised through April 2013 - (Initial alternatives recommended by the Mid-Atlantic Council's Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT) in January 2013, revised April 2013)
- 2012 Deepwater Canyons Cruise Report - (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), CSA Ocean Sciences, Inc. ( BOEM contractor), academic partners, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, and the US Geological Survey).
- Deep-sea Coral Survey Aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow - (2012 Atlantic Canyons Undersea Mapping Expeditions (ACUMEN))
- Meters to fathoms conversion chart
Previous MAFMC Deep Sea Corals Documents
- Scoping Document (provides an overview of the timeline, purpose, and authority for deep sea coral protections under Amendment 16)
- January 28 Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT) Summary (Outlines FMAT discussions leading to development of draft alternatives)
- Draft Memorandum of Understanding with NEFMC and SAFMC (Draft Memorandum of Understanding regarding coordination on deep sea coral protections between the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils)
Additional Resources
New England Fishery Management Council deep sea corals documents:
- June 2012 Draft Deep-sea Coral Management Alternatives
- Development of Deep-sea Coral Managment Alternatives Presentation
- Background Information about deep-sea corals and their habitats
NOAA Links and Documents:
- 2010 NOAA Strategic Plan for Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems
- The State of Deep Sea Coral Ecosystems of the United States: 2007
- NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program
- Overview of deep sea corals from NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
- Managing fishery impacts on deep-water coral ecosystems of the United States: Emerging best practices. Hourigan, 2009. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 397:333-340 (Open Access)