The Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission convened in the Stotesbury Grand Ballroom of the Bar Harbor Club, Harborside Hotel, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 25, 2016 and was called to order at 4:12 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Michael Luisi.
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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Consider American Lobster Draft Addendum XXV for Public Comment (M. Ware) Action; Discuss Trap Caps Included in Addenda XXI and XXII (M. Ware); American Lobster Reporting Work Group Report (M. Ware) Possible Action; Consider Jonah Crab Draft Addendum II for Public Comment Action; Jonah Crab Working Group Report (M. Ware); Consider 2016 American Lobster Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance (M. Ware) Action; Update on the Atlantic Marine Monument Designation (M. Ware); Update on New England Fishery Management Council Deep-Sea Coral Amendment (M. Ware)
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Review and Discuss White Paper on Fishery Performance and Alternative Management Tools (A. Harp, R. White) Possible Action; Set 2017 Atlantic Herring Specifications for Area 1A Final Action
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Review Timeline of Menhaden Activities through 2019 (M. Ware); Set 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Fishery Specifications Final Action; Review Stock Projections and Trends in Recent Juvenile Abundance Indices (J. McNamee); Consider Postponed Motion to Set the 2017 Total Allowable Catch (TAC); Motion to set the 2017 Coastal TAC for the Atlantic Menhaden Fishery at 225,456 metric tons (20% Increase); Consider Draft Amendment 3 Public Information Document for Public Comment Action; Review of “The Fate of an Atlantic Menhaden Year Class”; Biological Ecological Reference Points Working Group Progress Report (S. Madsen)
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Consider Comments from the Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) Subcommittee on Draft Addendum VIII (K. Rootes-Murdy) Possible Action; ARM Subcommittee Report (K. Anstead); Shorebird and Horseshoe Crab Survey Reports Summary; ARM Framework Harvest Output for 2017; Recommendations on Bait Trials; Set 2017 Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Fishery Specifications (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action; Consider 2016 Horseshoe Crab Fishery Management Plan Review (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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Consider Approval of the Nemasket River, Massachusetts Sustainable Fishery Management Plan for River Herring (B. Chase) Final Action; Discuss the Timetable for the Five-Year Update of Shad and River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plans (A. Harp); Review Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Decision on Potential Management of Shad and River Herring (B. Goldsborough)
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Review Marine Recreational Information Program Wave 4 Harvest Estimates for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass (if available) (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider Management Approaches for 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Recreational Fisheries Possible Action; Update on Stock Assessment Progress for Black Sea Bass (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider 2016 Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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Review 2016 Stock Assessment Update (J. McNamee); Provide Plan Development Team Guidance on Draft Amendment 1 (A. Harp, A. Nowalsky); Update on Tautog Tagging Trial (A. Harp)
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Consider Draft Cobia FMP Public Information Document for Public Comment (L. Daniel) Action; Red Drum Working Group Report (J. Kipp); Progress Report on the Spot and Atlantic Croaker Benchmark Stock Assessments (J. Kipp); Consider 2016 Fishery Management Plan Reviews and State Compliance (A. Hirrlinger) Action for Black Drum, Spanish Mackerel, and Spotted Seatrout
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