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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