October 31, 2018 — The following was released by the New England Fishery Management Council:
The New England Fishery Management Council will hold several committee and advisory panel (AP) meetings in November, as well as a webinar for Whiting Amendment 22. Here’s a run-down of what’s happening. Committee and AP meeting presentations and documents will be posted on the Council website as they become available. Two additional events that pertain to Council activities also are listed.
- ENFORCEMENT – JOINT COMMITTEE AND ADVISORY PANEL: November 1, 2018, meeting notice and meeting webpage.
- HABITAT ADVISORY PANEL: November 5, 2018, meeting notice and meeting webpage.
- HABITAT COMMITTEE: November 7, 2018, meeting notice and meeting webpage.
- GROUNDFISH ADVISORY PANEL AND COMMITTEE: November 8, 2018, meeting notice, AP meeting webpage, and committee meeting webpage.
- ATLANTIC COD STOCK STRUCTURE WORKING GROUP: November 14-15, 2018, Working Group webpage and formation plan.
- WHITING AMENDMENT 22 WEBINAR: November 14, 2018, meeting notice and public hearing document (also view the webinar press release and Amendment 22 webpage). The Whiting Advisory Panel and Committee will meet jointly on December 3, 2018 in Newport, RI. Details will be available soon on the small-mesh multispecies webpage.
- NORTHEAST TRAWL ADVISORY PANEL WORKING GROUP: November 19, 2018, meeting details.
- SCALLOP ADVISORY PANEL AND COMMITTEE: The Scallop Advisory Panel and Scallop Committee will meet November 27 and 28, 2018 respectively. Details will be available in the near future on the Council’s scallop webpage.
The full Council will meet December 4-6, 2018 at the Hotel Viking in Newport, RI. An agenda will be posted in the near future at NEFMC Newport, RI 2018 meeting webpage.