October 22, 2014 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:
Supplemental meeting materials for the Commission's 73rd Annual Meeting have been posted at http://www.asmfc.org/home/2014-Annual-Meeting for the following Boards (click on "Supplemental Material" following each relevant board header to access information).
Atlantic Herring Section – Draft Amendment 3 for Public Comment
Winter Flounder Management Board – Technical Committee Report on the Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Winter Flounder Stock and Recommendations for 2015 Fishing Year; Advisory Panel Report on the Winter Flounder Fisheries
American Eel Management Board – Technical Committee Response to Board Tasks (Please Note: The Working Group Memo on Draft Addendum IV Recommendations for Board Consideration will posted on the Annual Meeting page tomorrow afternoon; an email will announcement its availability)
American Lobster Management Board – Cancer Crab FMP Guidance and Draft 2013 FMP Review
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board – Summer Flounder, Black Sea Bass, and Scup Recreational Harvest Update through Wave 4 and Advisory Panel Nominations
Business Session – 2014 Action Plan Progress and Federal Legislative Tracking Sheet
Executive Committee – Memo on State Delegation Participation in management Board/Section Meetings
Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board – Advisory Panel Recommendations on Draft Addendum IV; Summary of All Public Comment of Draft Addendum IV; All Written Public Comment; and General Public Comment to the Board
Commissioner Workshop on Fisheries Socioeconomics – Take-away Points
Spiny Dogfish Management Board – Revised 2014 FMP Review; State Compliance Reports; and Rhode Island Alternative Management Proposal
ISFMP Policy Board – ACFHP Update and Quarterly Update on 2014 Atlantic Menhaden Benchmark Stock Assessment Progress
For ease of access, supplemental meeting materials have combined into one PDF – http://www.asmfc.org/files/Meetings/Annual2014/SupplementalCombined.pdf. This document includes supplemental materials for the following boards/committees: Atlantic Herring Section; Winter Flounder Board; American Eel Board; American Lobster Board; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board; Business Session; Executive Committee; Commissioner Workshop on Fisheries Socioeconomics; Spiny Dogfish Board; and ISFMP Policy Board. Due to its file size the supplemental materials for the Atlantic Striped Bass Board have NOT been included in the combined file. It as well as the other individual meeting supplemental materials can be accessed individually by Board/Committee/Workshop within the agenda. Some documents may be large, so please be patient downloading.
As a reminder, Board/Section meeting proceedings will be broadcast daily via webinar beginning at 8:00 a.m. on October 27th, continuing daily until the conclusion of the meeting (expected to be 4:15 p.m.) on October 30th. 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 for the webinar, please go to https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/256839182. Board/section summaries, presentations, and audio files will be posted to this page the week of November 3rd.
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