At its late June meeting, the Council addressed issues related to skate, groundfish, monkfish and sea scallop management, and received a number of reports and presentations. These included an NMFS briefing and request for comments concerning revisions to National Standard 10 — safety at sea — and an overview of the U.S. Navy’s operational and training activities in the Northwest Atlantic.
NMFS also presented the Council with a report on issues related to scientific research, including the disposition and sale of catch on scientific research trips, accounting for the catch on such trips, and the impact of that catch on the stock assessment process; and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center summarized its Interim Report on the Performance of the Northeast Multispecies Fishery (May 2010–January 2011). The Council also addressed the NMFScommissioned report on the fisheries management process in the Northeast.
Read the entire Council Report.