November 20, 2012 — The public is invited to attend the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's December 2012 meeting to be held at Pier V Hotel, 711 Eastern Ave., Baltimore, MD 21202, phone 410-539-2000. Below is the meeting agenda.
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Monday, December 10
9:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Visioning and Strategic Planning Working Group
· Discuss next steps for completing the draft strategic plan
· Finalize Science and Data, Regulatory Processes, and Governance goal sequences
· Review top themes from the Visioning Project
· Discuss Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics for one strategic goal sequence
Tuesday, December 11
9:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Visioning and Strategic Planning Working Group
· Review outcomes from Day 1
· Discuss Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics for two to three strategic goals (continued from Day 1)
Wednesday, December 12
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. – Executive Committee – CLOSED SESSION
· Identify 2013 Council priorities
· Ricks E Savage Award
10:00 a.m. – Council convenes
10:00 – 12:30 p.m. – Business Session
· Approve October minutes
· Address any outstanding actions from October 2012 meeting
Liaison Reports
· New England Council (November 13-15, 2012)
· South Atlantic Council (December 3-7, 2012)
Organizational Reports
· NMFS Regional Administrator
· NMFS NEFSC Director
· NOAA Office of General Counsel
· Federal Enforcement (NMFS and U.S. Coast Guard)
· ASMFC Director
Executive Director's Report – Chris Moore
Science Report – Rich Seagraves
· Review and approve 5-year Research Plan
Committee Reports
· Executive Committee
· SSC
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Amendment 5 to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan – Shark Rebuilding/Management Measures – Peter Cooper (NMFS)
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish
· Framework 8 – second meeting
· Present Amendment 15 scoping results and get confirmation on scope of Amendment for FMAT
· Update on January 15-17, 2013 Squid Management Workshop
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Special Management Zone (SMZ) Alternatives
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Black Sea Bass Issues
· 2012 overages in the recreational fishery
· Possible reconsideration of the 2013 / 2014 catch limits
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Listening Session
Thursday, December 13
9:00 a.m. – Demersal Committee Meeting as a Committee of the Whole with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Finalize Summer Flounder 2013 Recreational Management Measures with Board
· Review and discuss Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations on summer flounder recreational management measures
· Develop and approve management measures for 2013 summer flounder recreational fishery
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. – Finalize Scup 2013 Recreational Management Measures with Board
· Review and discuss Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations on scup recreational management measures
· Develop and approve management measures for 2013 scup recreational fishery
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Finalize Black Sea Bass 2013 Recreational Management Measures with Board
· Review and discuss Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations on black sea bass recreational management measures
· Develop and approve management measures for 2013 black sea bass recreational fishery
· Update on Amd 17 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP
· ASMFC Addendum to enable State-by-State Black Sea Bass Recreational Management Measures
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Continuing and New Business