Meeting Information
The 2025 ASMFC Summer Meeting will be Aug. 5–7 at the Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
Background Materials
- Official Roster
- Travel Authorization
- Travel Reimbursement Guidelines
- Travel Voucher
- Proxy Form
- AP Nomination Form
- Financial Disclosures and Conflict of Interest Policy & Form
- Compact, Rules and Regulations
- ISFMP Charter
- 2024-2028 Strategic Plan
- 2025 Action Plan
- Appeals Process
- Conservation Equivalency Guidance Document
- Status of the Stocks
- Assessment Schedule
- 2025 Spring Meeting Summary
Pending Actions
Public Comment
To ensure fair opportunity for public input, ASMFC meetings offer opportunities for verbal comments on non-agenda and agenda items. Written comments are accepted following a specific timeline for inclusion in meeting materials. Read the guidelines for more information.
Comment Guidelines
For issues that are not on the agenda, management boards will continue to provide opportunities to the public to bring matters of concern to the board’s attention at the start of each board meeting. Board chairs will ask members of the public to raise their hands to let the chair know they would like to speak. Depending upon the number of commenters, the board chair will decide how to allocate the available time on the agenda (typically 10 minutes) to the number of people who want to speak.
For topics that are on the agenda, but have not gone out for public comment, board chairs will provide limited opportunity for comment, taking into account the time allotted on the agenda for the topic.
Chairs will have flexibility in deciding how to allocate comment opportunities; this could include hearing one comment in favor and one in opposition until the chair is satisfied further comments will not provide additional insight to the board.
For agenda action items that have already gone out for public comment, it is the Policy Board’s intent to end the occasional practice of allowing extensive and lengthy public comments. Currently, board chairs have the discretion to decide what public comment to allow in these circumstances.
In addition, the following timeline has been established for the submission of written comments for issues for which the Commission has NOT established a specific public comment period (i.e., in response to proposed management action).You may submit public comment by attending a public hearing held in your state or jurisdiction or mailing, faxing, or emailing written comments to the address below. Only comments received at a public hearing or written comments submitted to the Commission will become part of the public comment record.
- Comments received three weeks prior to the start of a meeting week (July 14) will be included in the briefing materials.
- Comments received by 5 PM on Tuesday, July 29 will be included in supplemental materials.
- Comments received by 10 AM on Friday, August 1 will be distributed electronically to Commissioners/Board members prior to the meeting.
Meeting Agenda
The agenda is subject to change. The agenda reflects the current estimate of time required for scheduled Board meetings. The Commission may adjust this agenda in accordance with the actual duration of Board meetings. Interested parties should anticipate Boards starting earlier or later than indicated herein.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
10 – 11:30 AM — American Lobster Management Board
- Presentation of On-Demand Gear Research and Technology
- Update on New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils’ Alternative Gear Marking Amendment
- Update from Maine and New Hampshire on Industry Meetings
- Progress Update on 2025 American Lobster Stock Assessment
11:30 AM – 1 PM — Legislative and Governors’ Appointees Luncheon
11:30 AM – 1 PM — Lunch Break
1 – 2 PM — Weakfish Management Board
- Consider 2025 Stock Assessment Update
2:15 – 3:15 PM — American Eel Management Board
- Update on CITES Proposal to List American Eel under Appendix II
- Review and Consider State Aquaculture Proposals
3:30 – 5:30 PM — Sciaenids Management Board
- Consider Red Drum Draft Addendum II for Public Comment
- Review 2025 Traffic Light Analyses for Spot and Atlantic Croaker
- Consider Delaware Spot Commercial Measures Proposal
- Consider Atlantic Croaker and Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Reviews and Compliance for 2024 Fishing Year
5:30 – 6:30 PM — ASMFC Public Outreach (Westin Lobby)
- Informational Exchange among Commission Members, Staff, and Meeting Attendees; All are Welcome; Light Snacks
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
8 – 10 AM — Executive Committee
10:15 – 11:15 AM — Shad & River Herring Management Board
- Review Advisory Panel Report on 2024 River Herring Benchmark Assessment
- Consider Updates to Shad and River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plans (SFMPs) and Alternative Management Plans (AMPs)
- Massachusetts SFMP (River Herring)
- Florida SFMP (American Shad) and AMP (Shad & River Herring)
- Georgia SFMP (American Shad) and AMP (River Herring)
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM — Coastal Sharks Management Board
- Updates on Federal Rulemaking
12:15 – 1:15 PM — Lunch Break
1:15 – 5:30 PM — Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board
- Consider FMP Review and Compliance for 2024 Fishing Year
- Consider Draft Addendum III for Public Comment
Thursday, August 7, 2025
8:30 – 9:30 AM — Atlantic Menhaden Management Board
- Discuss Technical Committee Direction in Response to Work Group Report on Precautionary Management in Chesapeake Bay
- Progress Update on 2025 Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Assessment
9:45 – 11:30 AM — Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board
- Review and Consider Conservation Equivalency: Policy and Technical Guidance Document
- Review Discussion Paper on Declared Interests and Voting Privileges
- Discussion of Environmentally Friendly Fishing Gear and Bait Alternatives
- Progress Update on On-Going Stock Assessments
- Committee Reports
- Review Noncompliance Findings, if necessary
11:30 – 11:45 AM — Commission Business Session
- Consider Noncompliance Recommendations, if necessary