The South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia, August 1, 2017, and was called to order at 10:45 o’clock a.m. by Chairman Jim Estes.
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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Summer Flounder Recreational Working Group Report (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Review of 2017 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Black Sea Bass Recreational Working Group Report (K. Rootes-Murdy)
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Review 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Update (J. McNamee); Biological Ecological Reference Point Work Group Report (S. Madsen); Consider Draft Amendment 3 for Public Comment Action: Biological Ecological Reference Point Workgroup Report on Interim Reference Points (K. Drew), and Plan Development Team Report on New York Proposal to Recalibrate Landings (M. Ware); Set 2018 Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Specifications Final Action; Update on 2017 Episodic Events Set Aside (M. Ware)
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Consider North Carolina Glass Eel Aquaculture Plan for 2018 (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action; Consider 2016 Yellow Eel Landings Overage and Coastwide Cap (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; Consider 2016 American Eel FMP Review and State Compliance (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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Review Update for River Herring Stock Assessment (B. Chase); Review Update for Shad Stock Assessment Timeline (J. Kipp); Consider Approval of Shad and River Herring Sustainability Fishery Management Plans (SFMPs) Final Action; Review SFMPs and Technical Committee Memo (B. Chase) for South Carolina: Updated River Herring SFMP and Florida: Updated Shad SFMP; Consider Approval of 2016 FMP Review and State Compliance Reports (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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Consider American Lobster Addendum XXV for Final Approval Final Action: Presentation of Proposals from Lobster Conservation Management Teams (LCMT) 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and Technical Committee Report on LCMT Proposals (K. Reardon); State and Federal Inconsistencies in Lobster Conservation Management Area 4 Season Closure (M. Ware) Possible Action; American Lobster Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Subcommittee Report (M. Ware) Possible Action; Update on Development of American Lobster Draft Addendum XXVI (M. Ware); Law Enforcement Committee Report on American Lobster Chain of Custody (M. Robson); NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Draft Enforcement Priorities 2018-2022 (M. Ware) Possible Action
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Review and Consider Cobia Draft Fishery Management Plan for Public Comment (L. Daniel) Action; 2017 Spot Benchmark Stock Assessment Final Action — Presentation of Benchmark Assessment Report (C. McDonough) and Presentation of Peer Review Panel Report (P. Campfield); Consider 2017 Traffic Light Analyses for Atlantic Croaker and Spot (C. McDonough); Progress Update on Exploratory Analyses for Incorporation of Additional Indices and Adjustments to the Atlantic Croaker Traffic Light Analysis; Consider 2017 Atlantic Croaker FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Schmidtke) Action
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The American Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Edison Ballroom of the Westin Hotel, Alexandria, Virginia; May 8, 2017 and was called to order at 2:55 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Dave Borden.
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