The Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council will meet in Baltimore, MD from December 8-11, 2014 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 550 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21202, Telephone 410-234-0550. The public is invited to attend this meeting.
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/
Meeting Agenda
Monday, December 8, 2014
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Executive Committee
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
Continuing and New Business
The above agenda items may not be taken in the order in which they appear and are subject to change as necessary. Other items may be added, but the Council cannot take action on such items even if the item requires emergency action without additional public notice. Non-emergency matters not contained in this agenda may come before the Council and / or its Committees for discussion, but these matters may not be the subject of formal Council or Committee action during this meeting. Council and Committee actions will be restricted to the issues specifically listed in this agenda. Any issues requiring emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act that arise after publication of the Federal Register Notice for this meeting may be acted upon provided that the public has been notified of the Council’s intent to take final action to address the emergency. The meeting may be closed to discuss employment or other internal administrative matters.
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