The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council held two workshops in collaboration with the European Union’s Pelagic Advisory Council (http://www.pelagic-ac.org/) in May and June 2018. The objective of these workshops was to share information and best management practices across U.S. and European pelagic and small-mesh fisheries. Both workshops involved a combination of presentations, group discussions, and field trips designed to give participants first-hand knowledge of local fishery operations and issues.
U.S. Workshop: April 30 – May 3, 2018, Beauport Hotel Gloucester, 55 Commercial St, Gloucester, MA 01930
E.U. Workshop: June 4 – 8, 2018, Skaga Hotel, Willemoesvej 1, 9850 Hirtshals, Denmark (Agenda)
U.S. Workshop
Background Documents
Presentations
Tuesday, May 1
Workshop Intro, Jason Didden (MAFMC)
Pelagic Advisory Council, Verena Ohms (PELAC)
Implications of Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management for Pelagic Fisheries, Sarah Gaichas (NEFSC)
Forage and Pelagics: New England Herring, Min-Yang Lee (NEFSC)
Wednesday, May 2
Bycatch Intro, Jason Didden
Mid-Water Trawl River Herring Bycatch Avoidance Program, Bradley Schondelmeier (SMAST) and David Bethoney (Mass DMF)
Atlantic Herring Mid-water Trawl Electronic Monitoring Project, Nichole Rossi (NEFSC), Morgani Wealti (Saltwater, Inc.), and Andrew Jones (NEFSC)
Industry involvement in surveys/assessment, Jon Hare (NEFSC)
Role of Acoustics in U.S. Science/Management, Michael Jech (NEFSC)
E.U. Workshop
Presentations
The role of fisheries scientists working for the pelagic industry
Industry survey of Western herring Industry survey... and other things
Genome sequencing and its practical application for fisheries management
Steering Committee
U.S. Members: Chris Moore, Jason Didden, Mary Sabo, Jeff Kaelin, Eric Reid
E.U. Members: Gerard van Balsfoort, Verena Ohms, Jesper Raakjær, Esben Sverdrup-Jensen