WASHINGTON – OCTOBER 17, 2012 – Supplemental meeting materials for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s 71st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA have been posted for the following Boards/Sections (click on “Supplemental Material” following each relevant Board/Section header to access the information). CDs with the full meeting materials (original plus supplemental) will be available at the meeting.
Atlantic Herring Section
– Revised Agenda and Meeting Overview
– Technical Committee Report on Georges Bank/Nantucket Shoals Offshore Spawning Area
American Lobster Board
– MA DMF Memo on V-notch Definitions and Recent Request from Massachusetts Area 1 Lobstermen to Replace the Zero Tolerance Definition with a Less Ambiguous Standard
– Draft 2012 FMP Review
– Technical Committee V-notch Report (will be emailed to Board on Friday, October 19)
Winter Flounder Board
– Summary of Submitted Public Comment on Draft Addendum II
– Advisory Panel Report
– Draft Addendum III
– Federal Register Notice on Southern New England Winter Flounder Rebuilding
Shad & River Herring Board
– MAFMC Draft Scoping Document for Amendment 15 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan
– Draft 2012 FMP Review and Annual State Compliance Reports for 2011 Fishing Year
Executive Committee
– 2012 Action Plan Progress
Weakfish Board
– Draft 2012 FMP Review
Habitat Committee
– Revised Agenda
– Habitat FMP Outline
Atlantic Striped Bass Board
– Draft 2012 FMP Review
American Eel Board
– Draft Addendum III
South Atlantic Board
– Draft Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Black Drum
ISFMP Policy Board
– Revised Agenda and Meeting Overview
– Draft Guidelines for Improved Transparency in the Commission’s Fisheries Management Process
View the Supplemental Materials here