Update from NOAA Fisheries Highly Migratory Species (K. Brewster-Geisz) — Amendment 6 Final Rule, Proposed 2016 Specifications, and Amendment 9 Proposed Rule; Set 2016 Coastal Sharks Specifications Final Action — Variable Commercial Retention Limits/ Possession Limits (A. Harp)
Board Agendas and Proceedings
Official records of discussions, decisions, and actions taken during meetings of the Commission’s management boards.
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Public Information Document for Amendment 1 Action; Draft Amendment 1 (A. Nowalsky)
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2015 Atlantic Striped Bass Stock Assessment Update Action; Technical Committee Report (C. Godwin): Comparing Atlantic Striped Bass Fishing Mortality Reference Points Using Two Different Time Periods for Selectivity
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Update on Draft Amendment 3 Development; Revisiting Fishery Allocation (M. Waine); Ecosystem Management Objectives Workshop (S. Madsen); Biological Ecological Reference Point Working Group Report (M. Cieri) Action; Recommendations for Models Based on Ecosystem Management Objectives; Timeframes for Ecological Based Reference Points; Discuss Draft Amendment 3 Timeline and Direction (M. Waine); Discuss Allowance of Cast Nets under the Bycatch Provision of Amendment 2 (R. Boyles Jr.) Possible Action
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Review the 2015 Groundfish Operational Assessment for Gulf of Maine and Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Winter Flounder Stocks (P. Nitschke); Discuss Potential Management Response to the Operational Assessment (M. Gibson)
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Update on 2016 Benchmark Stock Assessment (K. Drew); Consider Approval of 2015 FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Ware) Action
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Update on Endangered Species Act Listing Determination by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (M. Millard); Review Recommendations on Maine Life Cycle Survey Design; Consider Addendum IV Implementation Plans (M. Waine) Action; Consider Approval of 2015 and 2014 FMP Reviews and State Compliance (M. Waine) Action; Consider Approval of a Deadline Waiver for the Aquaculture Plan under the Sustainable Fishery Management Section of Addendum IV (L. Daniel) Action
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Review Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Wave 4 Harvest Estimates for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass (K. Rootes-Murdy); Consider Management Approaches for 2016 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass Recreational Fisheries (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action; Review and Consider Approval of the 2016 Black Sea Bass Benchmark StockAssessment Terms of Reference (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action; Reconsider the 2016-2017 Black Sea Bass Quotas (K. Rootes-Murdy) Final Action; Discuss Management Priorities for Scup and Black Sea Bass Amendments (K. Rootes-Murdy); Update on Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Priorities (C. Moore); Consider 2015 FMP Reviews and State Compliance (K. Rootes-Murdy) Action
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Set 2016-2018 Atlantic Herring Fishery Specifications Final Action; Review New England Fishery Management Council Specifications (A. Harp); Set Seasonal Splitting of Sub-ACL for Areas 1A, 1B, and 2, Quota Rollover and Sub-ACL Trigger; Consider Draft Amendment 3 for Public Comment Action; Review Revised Spawning Area Options (A. Harp)
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