May 26, 2022 — The New England Fishery Management Council will be holding a number of committee and advisory panel meetings in June – all by webinar.
While the Council initially intended to hold a few in-person committee meetings, a number of factors led to the decision to proceed in a virtual-only environment. These included public safety concerns given the rise in COVID-19 transmission rates in certain areas and travel restrictions for some participants.
The Council still intends to hold its June 28-30, 2022 meeting as a hybrid with in-person participation in Portland, Maine and a webinar option.
Here is the meeting lineup. Information will be posted on each respective webpage as it becomes available.
- Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management (EBFM): May 31, 2022 webinar at 9:30 a.m.
- Recreational Advisory Panel (RAP): June 1, 2022 webinar at 9:30 a.m.
- Joint New England and Mid-Atlantic Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Subpanel Review of Northeast Regional Marine Fish Habitat Assessment: June 1, 2022 webinar at 9:00 a.m.
- Groundfish Advisory Panel (GAP): June 2, 2022 webinar at 9:30 a.m.
- Scientific and Statistical Committee: June 7, 2022 webinar at 1:00 p.m.
- Habitat Committee: June 10, 2022 webinar at 8:30 a.m.
- Herring Committee: June 10, 2022 webinar at 1:00 p.m.
- Executive Committee: June 13, 2022 webinar
- Scallop Advisory Panel: June 14, 2022 webinar at 9:00 a.m.
- Groundfish Committee: June 14, 2022 webinar at 9:30 a.m.
- Scallop Committee: June 15, 2022 webinar at 9:00 a.m.
REMINDER: Four More Limited Access Scallop Leasing Scoping Meetings Left to Go!
The Council conducted five in-person scallop leasing scoping meetings between April 27 and May 26, 2022. Two more in-person scoping meetings and two webinar scoping meetings remain on the calendar:
- New Bern, North Carolina: June 1, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
- Hampton, Virginia: June 2, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
- Webinar: June 17, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
- Webinar: June 24, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Visit the scallop leasing webpage for more information.