NCFA WEEKLY UPDATE FOR
June 03, 2024
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*MAFMC Meets This Week







MAFMC Meets This Week

 

The Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council (MAFMC) meets this week in Riverhead, NY. The meeting starts Tuesday June, 4th and goes through Thursday June, 6th.

 

Meeting Webpage

 

Agenda

 

Combined Briefing Book

 

Join Meeting on Webex

 

Public comments on agenda items will be allowed during appropriate times of the meeting and general comments will be taken the last day of the meeting. 

 

 

Agenda Items of Interest

 

Tuesday June 4th

3:00-4:00pm - Summer Flounder Mesh Exemptions Framework/Addendum (Joint with ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Board) 

 

Briefing Materials (Tab 3)

 

Wednesday June 5th

2:30-3:00pm - Unmanaged Commercial Landings Report

 

Briefing Materials (Tab 7)

 

3:00-4:00pm - SSC’s Overfishing Limit (OFL) Coefficient of Variation (CV) Guidance Document 

 

Briefing Materials (Tab 8)

 

Thursday June 6th

9:00am-1:00pm Business Session 

 

Proposal: Field trials of low-profile dogfish gillnets to reduce Atlantic Sturgeon bycatch

 

Other Business and General Public Comment

 

 

 

 

If you have any questions or comments please reach out. 

 

Thomas Newman

Fisheries Liaison 

Thomasnewman@ncfish.org


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