The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's upcoming meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on December 8 - 11, 2014.
Venue: The meeting will be held at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore, located at 550 Light Street, Baltimore, MD (Telephone: (410) 234-0550).
Briefing Materials: All briefing materials will be posted at www.mafmc.org/briefing/december-2014 as they become available.
Webinar Access: For online access during the meeting, enter as a guest at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/december2014/
Agenda
Monday, December 8, 2014
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Executive Committee [CLOSED SESSION]
- Ricks E Savage Award Nominations
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Executive Committee [OPEN SESSION]
- Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management
- Forage Fish White Paper (review second draft)
- Consider potential action for protection of unmanaged forage species
- Climate Change and Fisheries White Paper (review first draft)
- 2015 Implementation Plan
- Discuss and approve
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Ecosystem/Ocean Planning Committee
Meeting as a Committee of the Whole
- Habitat Project Update
- NEFMC Omnibus Habitat Amendment Public Hearing
- Develop Council comments on NEFMC Amendment
1:30 p.m. Demersal Committee
Meeting as a Committee of the Whole with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Comprehensive Summer Flounder Amendment
- Review Summer Flounder Scoping comments
- Approve issues to be addressed in the amendment
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
9:00 a.m. Demersal Committee
Meeting as a Committee of the Whole with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Finalize Summer Flounder 2015 Recreational Management Measures
- Review Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations for 2015
- Adopt recommendations for 2015 management measures
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Finalize Scup 2015 Recreational Management Measures
- Review Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations for 2015
- Adopt recommendations for 2015 management measures
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Finalize Black Sea Bass 2015 Management Measures
- Review Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations for 2015
- Adopt recommendations for 2015 management measures
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office Strategic Plan
Harry Mears
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Golden Tilefish
- Consider changes in possession limit
- Consider changes to the Interactive Voice Reporting requirements
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Listening Session – Deep Sea Corals
Martha Nizinski
Thursday, December 11, 2014
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Business Session
- Organization Reports
- NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Office
- NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- NOAA Office of General Counsel
- NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Liaison Reports
- New England Council
- South Atlantic Council
- Executive Director's Report - Chris Moore
- Science Report - Rich Seagraves
- Committee Reports
- Executive Committee
- Approve 2015 Implementation Plan
- Executive Committee
- Continuing and New Business