October 3, 2018 — The following was released by the New England Fishery Management Council:
The New England Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 to discuss scallop and herring issues. The public is invited to attend in person or listen live via webinar or telephone. Here are the details.
MEETING LOCATION: Hilton Garden Inn, Boston Logan Airport, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA. Hotel information is available here.
START TIME: 9:00 a.m.
WEBINAR REGISTRATION: Online access to the meeting will be available at Listen Live. There is no charge to access the meeting through this webinar.
CALL-IN OPTION: To listen by telephone, dial +1 (631) 992-3221. The access code is 285-275-351. Please be aware that if you dial in, your regular phone charges will apply.
AGENDA: The SSC will:
- Review the results of the recent Atlantic sea scallop benchmark stock assessment and information provided by the Council’s Scallop Plan Development Team (PDT);
- Recommend overfishing limits (OFLs) and acceptable biological catches (ABCs) for Atlantic sea scallops for the 2019 and 2020 fishing years with 2020 levels serving as defaults;
- Review results of the recent Atlantic herring benchmark stock assessment and information provided by the Council’s Herring PDT;
- Recommend 2019-2021 OFLs and ABCs for Atlantic herring using the Council’s proposed Amendment 8 ABC control rule, as well as the assessment and PDT information; and
- Discuss other business as necessary.
COMMENTS: The deadline for submitting written comments for consideration at this meeting is 5 p.m. on Friday, October 5, 2018. Address comments to Council Chairman Dr. John Quinn or Executive Director Tom Nies and email them to comments@nefmc.org. The address for mailing comments via the U.S. Postal Service is: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill #2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
MATERIALS: Meeting materials will be posted on the Council’s website at SSC October 10, 2018 documents.
QUESTIONS: Contact Joan O’Leary at (978) 465-0492 ext. 106, joleary@nefmc.org or Janice Plante at (607) 592-4817, jplante@nefmc.org.