The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s December 2010 meeting to be held at the Hilton, 3001 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (telephone: 757-213-3000). Below is the meeting agenda.
NOTE: There will be information for online access to the meeting on the Council’s homepage at www.mafmc.org by December 10.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13
9:00 – 12:00 River Herring and Shad Committee
· Review MSB Amendment 14 FMAT input on management integration issues
· Next steps?
1:00 – 5:00 Habitat-Ecosystem Workshop
· Implementing the President’s National Ocean Policy – Jennifer Lukens
· Policy / Management Panel (Montanio, Bigford, Colosi, Tsao, Catena, Wenzel, and Bohne)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14
8:00 – 12:00 Habitat-Ecosystem Workshop (Continued)
· NMFS Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan (HAIP) – Tom Noji
· Science Panel (Cyr, Fogarty, Robertson, Noji, and Manderson)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 5:00 Habitat-Ecosystem Workshop (Continued)
· Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Oceans (MARCO) – Mike Snyder
· Stakeholder Panel (Link, Hawkins, DiDomenico, Odell, Kellogg, and Laney)
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15
8:30 Council convenes jointly with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board
8:30 – 10:30 Summer Flounder: 2011 Recreational Management Measures
· Review and discuss Monitoring Committee’s recommendations on summer flounder management measures
· Review and discuss Advisory Panel’s recommendations on summer flounder management measures
· Develop and approve management measures for 2011 summer flounder recreational fishery
10:30 – 12:30 Scup: 2011 Recreational Management Measures
· Review and discuss Monitoring Committee’s recommendations on scup management measures
· Review and discuss Advisory Panel’s recommendations on scup management measures
· Develop and approve management measures for 2011 scup recreational fishery
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 Black Sea Bass: 2011 Recreational Management Measures
· Review and discuss Monitoring Committee’s recommendations on black sea bass management measures
· Review and discuss Advisory Panel’s recommendations on black sea bass management measures
· Develop and approve management measures for 2011 black sea bass recreational fishery
3:00 – 3:30 Overview of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) – Jean McGovern, National Science Foundation OOI Program Director
3:30 – 4:30 Joint Spiny Dogfish Committee
· Finalize issues to be resolved in Amendment 3
4:30 – 5:30 Monkfish Amendment 6
· Scoping Hearing for Amendment 6 regarding catch shares
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16
8:00 – 9:00 Executive Committee
· Visioning project update
· Consider updating priorities to accommodate a bio-economic analysis of the scup allocations
· Discussion of Council communications plan options
· Update on AP Fishery Performance Report development
· Review working group’s recommendations for webinar compensation and travel policy to include in Council SOPPs
9:00 Council Convenes
9:00 – 9:30 Briefing on Proposed Listing of Atlantic Sturgeon under Endangered Species Act (ESA) – NMFS Office of Protected Resources
9:30 – 1:30 Business Session
· Approval of June and October minutes
· Actions from October Meeting
Organizational Reports
· NMFS NERO Regional Administrator
· NMFS NEFSC Director
· NOAA Office of General Counsel
· Federal Enforcement Officials (NMFS and USCG)
· ASMFC’s Executive Director
New England and South Atlantic Councils Liaison Reports
Executive Director’s Report
· Update on excessive the Excessive Share project
Status of MAFMC FMPs
Committee Reports
· SSC
· Ad Hoc River Herring/Shad Committee
o Review FMAT Document for SMB Amendment 14
· HMS
· Executive
· Joint Spiny Dogfish
· Protected Resources
Continuing and New Business