2017 Annual Meeting

Event Date:

Oct 16 โ€“

Oct 19, 2017

Location:

Waterside Marriott Hotel, 235 East Main Street, Norfolk, Virginia

Meeting Information

The 76th Annual ASMFC Annual Meeting was held Oct. 16โ€“19, 2017, in Norfolk, Virginia.

For ease of access, all Board/Section meeting documents have been combined into three documents โ€” Main Meeting Materials 1 (which includes all of the meeting materials for October 16 & 17); Main Meeting Materials 2 (which includes meeting materials for October 18 & 19); and Supplemental Materials. Not included in the main meeting combined documents are meeting materials for the ACCSP Coordinating Council, LEC, ACFHP Steering Committee and Habitat Committee). Links to individual board/committee materials can be found below.

Meeting Agenda

October 16

Plenary Session: Fishery Management and Moving Baselines by Dr. Roger Mann, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

American Lobster Management Board

Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) Steering Committee

Tautog Management Board

Spiny Dogfish Management Board

Atlantic Herring Section

October 17

Shad and River Herring Management Board

Horseshoe Crab Management Board

Law Enforcement Committee (LEC)

Coastal Sharks Management Board

American Eel Management Board

Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) Coordinating Council

October 18

Executive Committee

Habitat Committee

Atlantic Sturgeon Management Board

Business Session

Commissioner Workshop: ACCSP Data Collection and Management Efforts

Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board

October 19

Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board

Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board

South Atlantic State/Federal Fisheries Management Board