Monday, April 29

1:30 – 4 PM — Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Coordinating Council

• Welcome/Call to Order (J. McNamee)
• Council Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2023
• Public Comment
• Consider Funding Decision Document and FY2025 Request for Proposals (J. Simpson) Action
• Update on Program and Committee Activities (G. White, J. Simpson)
• Other Business/Adjourn

Tuesday, April 30

9 – 11:30 AM — American Lobster Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (P. Keliher)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from January and March 2024
• Public Comment
• Progress Update on Benchmark Stock Assessment for American Lobster (T. Pugh)
• American Lobster Technical Committee Report on Northern Edge Lobster Population and Fishery (T. Pugh)
• Consider Sending Comments to New England Fishery Management Council on Scallop Action Possible Action
• Plan Development Team Report on Conservation Measures for Lobster Conservation Management Areas 2 and 3 (C. Starks)
• Reports from Lobster Conservation Management Teams 2 and 3
• Elect Vice-Chair Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM — Sciaenids Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (D. Haymans)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2023
• Public Comment
• Consider Spot Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance Reports for the 2022 Fishing Year (T. Bauer) Action
• Progress Update on Red Drum, Atlantic Croaker, and Spot Benchmark Stock Assessments (J. Kipp)
• Elect Vice-Chair Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

12:15 – 1:15 PM — Lunch

1:15 – 2:45 PM — Atlantic Menhaden Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (C. McManus)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2023
• Public Comment
• Review Report on Acoustic Survey of Overwintering Atlantic Menhaden Offshore of New Jersey (G. Nesslage)
• Updates from State Management Programs
  • Maryland (L. Fegley)
  • Virginia (P. Geer)
• Progress Update on 2025 Stock Assessments (K. Drew)
  • Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Assessment
  • Atlantic Menhaden Single-Species Assessment Update
• Elect Vice-Chair Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

1 – 5 PM — Law Enforcement Committee

• Welcome/Call to Order (J. Snellbaker)
• Committee Consent (J. Snellbaker)
• Approval of Agenda
• Public Comment
• Introductions
• Update on Changes to Enforceability Guidelines (J. Snellbaker)
• North American Wildlife Law Enforcement Accreditation NAWLEA (J. Cobb)
• American Eel/Elver Fishery (R. Beal)
• Review and Discuss Commission Species
• Atlantic Striped Bass Draft Addendum II (E. Franke)
• Atlantic Cobia FMP Update (E. Franke)
• Other Species
• Meeting Recess/Reconvene May 1 at 8 a.m.

3 – 5:15 PM — Horseshoe Crab Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (J. Davis)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2023
• Public Comment
• Consider 2024 Horseshoe Crab Stock Assessment Update (K. Rodrigue) Action
• Discuss Horseshoe Crab Bait Demand (C. Starks)
  • Possible Impact of State Harvest Regulations on Bait Demand
• Adaptive Resource Management Subcommittee (ARM) Report (J. Sweka)
  • Technical Response to External Review of ARM Framework Revision
• Update on Horseshoe Crab Management Objectives Workshop (C. Starks)
• Elect Vice-Chair Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

6 – 7 PM — Annual Awards of Excellence Reception

Wednesday, May 1

8 – 10 AM — Executive Committee

• Welcome/Call to Order (J. Cimino)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Meeting Summary from January 2024
• Public Comment
• Review FY25 Budget
• Legislative Update
• Future Annual Meetings Update
• Executive Director Performance Review (Closed Session)
• Other Business/Adjourn

8 – 11:15 AM — Law Enforcement Committee (continued)

• Reconvene
• Review and Discuss Ongoing Enforcement Activities (Closed Session)                  
• Review and Discuss Commission Species (continued)
  • American Lobster FMP/Mitchel Provision (C. Stark)
  • Horseshoe Crab FMP (C. Stark)
• State Agency Reports                                                                                              
• Elect Vice Chair
• Other Business/Adjourn

10:15 – 11:45 AM — Coastal Pelagics Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (S. Woodward)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from January 2024
• Public Comment
• Consider Approval of Atlantic Cobia Draft Addendum II on Recreational Allocation, Harvest Target Evaluation, and Measures Setting for Public Comment (E. Franke) Action
• Presentation of Spanish Mackerel White Paper (E. Franke)
• Update from South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on Mackerel Port Meetings (J. Carmichael)
• Other Business/Adjourn

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM — Lunch

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM — Legislative and Governor Appointees Luncheon

1:15 – 2:45 PM — Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (M. Ware)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from March 2024
• Public Comment
• Consider Revised Addendum II State Implementation Plans Final Action
  • Overview of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Potomac River Fisheries Commission Plan Revisions (K. Kuhn, M. Luisi, I. Braun-Ricks)
  • Consider Approval of State Implementation Plans
• Presentation of Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Release Mortality Study (M. Armstrong)
• Discuss Recreational Release Mortality Workgroup Task Potential Action
  • Overview of Past Board Discussion (E. Franke)
  • Consider Tasking for Recreational Release Mortality Workgroup
• Review and Populate Advisory Panel Membership (T. Berger) Action
• Elect Vice-Chair Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

3 – 5 PM — American Eel Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (K. Kuhn)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from January 2024
• Public Comment
• Consider Addendum VI on Maine Glass Eel Quota for Final Approval Final Action
  • Review Options and Public Comment Summary (C. Starks)
  • Advisory Panel Report (M. Feigenbaum)
  • Consider Approval of Addendum VI
• Consider Addendum VII on Yellow Eel Yellow Eel Coastwide Cap and Monitoring for Final Approval Final Action
  • Review Options and Public Comment Summary (C. Starks)
  • Advisory Panel Report (M. Feigenbaum)
  • Consider Approval of Addendum VII
• Elect Vice-Chair Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

Thursday, May 2

8 – 8:45 AM — Coastal Sharks Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (M. Luisi)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2023
• Public Comment
• Progress Update on Ongoing Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan Actions (K. Brewster-Geisz)
• Consider Implementing Complementary State Waters Measures to Prohibit Retention of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks (C. Starks) Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

9 – 9:45 AM — Spiny Dogfish Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (P. Geer)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from January 2024
• Public Comment
• Review Action by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils (MAFMC and NEFMC) to Reduce Sturgeon Bycatch and Consider Complementary Action Possible Action
  • Review MAFMC and NEFMC Final Action (K. Cisneros)
  • Review Consistency of Federal and State Management of Spiny Dogfish (J. Boyle)
• Other Business/Adjourn

10 – 11:45 AM — Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board

• Welcome/Call to Order (J. Cimino)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from January 2024
• Public Comment
• Executive Committee Report (J. Cimino)
• 2024 State of the Ecosystem Report (S. Gaichas)
• Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel Progress Report for Industry- Base Survey Pilot Program (D. Salerno/H. Hart)
• Consider Revised Guidelines for Resource Managers on the Enforceability of Fishery Management Measures (K. Blanchard) Final Action
• Stock Assessment Updates (K. Drew)
• Review Noncompliance Findings, If Necessary Action
• Other Business/Adjourn