Supplemental Materials for the November 13-14, 2017 Atlantic Menhaden Board Meeting Now Available

October 31, 2017 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:

Supplemental materials for the November 13-14, 2017 meeting of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Menhaden Management Board are now available at – http://www.asmfc.org/files/Meetings/AtlMenhadenBoardNov2017/AtlMenhadenBoardSupplemental_Nov2017.pdf. Links to meeting materials may also be found on the ASMFC website, www.asmfc.org, under News/Meeting Archives. Please note the document is very large (over 3,000 pages) and will take some time to download; use Adobe Reader bookmarks to navigate within the document.

The meeting will be held at The BWI Airport Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The room block is closed; please notify Cindy Robertson (crobertson@asmfc.org) if you need assistance.

In addition, the following timeline has been established for the submission of written comment for issues for which the Commission has NOT established a specific public comment period (i.e., comment will not be accepted on Draft Amendment 3).

1. Comments received 3 weeks prior to the start of a meeting week will be included in the briefing materials.

2. Comments received by 5:00 PM on the Tuesdayimmediately preceding the scheduled ASMFC Meeting (in this case, the Tuesday deadline will be November 7, 2017) will be distributed electronically to Commissioners/Board members prior to the meeting and a limited number of copies will be provided at the meeting.

3. Following the Tuesday, November 7, 2017 5:00 PM deadline, the commenter will be responsible for distributing the information to the management board prior to the board meeting or providing enough copies for the management board consideration at the meeting (a minimum of 50 copies).

The proceedings of the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board will be broadcast daily via webinar beginningMonday, November 13th at 1 p.m. and continuing until the conclusion of the meeting (expected to be 5 p.m.) onTuesday, November 14th. The webinar will allow registrants to listen to board/section deliberations and view presentations and motions as they occur. No comments or questions will be accepted via the webinar. Should technical difficulties arise while streaming the broadcast the boards/sections will continue their deliberations without interruption. We will attempt to resume the broadcast as soon as possible. To register, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5185069623952037379.