Board Agendas and Proceedings

Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.

  • Update on 5-Year Status Review of the Endangered Species Act Listing and Recovery Plan (J. Crocker); Review Technical Committee Report Regarding Highest Priority Data Sources for Stock Assessments (K. Drew) Possible Action; Consider Approval of 2018 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports (M. Appelman) Action; Review Recommendation to Disband the Advisory Panel (T. Berger) Action

  • Update on Illegal Glass Eel Harvest in Maine (P. Keliher, R. Cloutier); Consider Addendum V for Final Approval Final Action; Review Options and Public Comment Summary (K. Rootes-Murdy); Reports from the Law Enforcement Committee, Technical Committee, and Advisory Panel (M. Robson, J. Zimmerman, M. DeLucia); Consider Final Approval of Addendum V; Consider Maine Aquaculture Proposal Action; Maine Proposal for 2019 Fishing Season (S. Rademaker, P. Keliher); Reports from the Law Enforcement Committee, Technical Committee, and Advisory Panel (M. Robson, J. Zimmerman, M. DeLucia); Update on North Carolina Aquaculture Plan: 2018 Fishing Season (C. Batsavage)

  • Consider Postponed Motion from the May 2018 Board Meeting (N. Meserve) Action Postponed Motion: “Move the Atlantic Menhaden Board recommend to the ISFMP Policy Board that the Commonwealth of Virginia be found out of compliance for not fully and effectively implementing and enforcing Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Management Plan if the State does not implement the following measure from section 4.3.7 (Chesapeake Bay Reduction Fishery Cap) of Amendment 3: The annual total allowable harvest from the Chesapeake Bay by the reduction fishery is limited to no more than 51,000 mt. Motion made by Mr. Batsavage and seconded…

  • Review and Consider Approval of the 2018 Atlantic Herring Benchmark Assessment (SAW 65) Action; Presentation of Stock Assessment (M. Cieri); Presentation of Peer Review Report (P. Campfield); Consider Acceptance of Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report for Management Use; Discuss Recent New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) Recommendation to NOAA Fisheries on the 2018 Sub-Annual Catch Limits (M. Ware); Reconsider the ASMFC 2018 Sub-Annual Catch Limits Final Action; Provide Recommendations to NEFMC for 2019-2021 Fishery Specifications (M. Ware)