Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to Meet in Alexandria, VA; F

Radisson Hotel, Old Town Alexandria
901 N. Fairfax
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 683-6000

FINAL SCHEDULE

(Agenda items listed may not be taken in the order in which they appear and are subject to change as necessary; other items or meetings may also be added. )

Atlantic Herring Section

• Public Comment
  
• Update on Development of Federal Amendment 1
  
• Review Timelines for Federal Amendment 1 and Interstate Amendment 2
  
• Review Issues and Options for draft Amendment 2
  

Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• Summer Flounder State Recreational Management Measures
  
• Scup Recreational Management Proposal
  
• Review Addendum XVII — ACTION
  
• Discuss Addendum XV Implementation
  
• Update on Amendment 14 Planning
  
• Update on Black Sea Bass and Scup Vent Workshop

Atlantic Menhaden Technical Committee

• Presentation on Other Forage Fish FMPs
  
• Review Management Charges to the Technical Committee
  
  
  
  • Advise the Management Board on likely causes for low recruitment in Chesapeake Bay and a comparison of recruitment trends in other estuaries along the coast
    
  • Review the stock assessment model; evaluate the issues of inverse catchability, weighting factors for recruitment indices, and total mortality and advise the Management Board on the inclusion of ecological reference points in the model
    
  • Evaluate ecological reference points and recruitment indices for Chesapeake Bay and advise the Management Board on the incorporation of Chesapeake Bay values in the stock assessment model or whether a separate stock assessment model can be developed for Chesapeake Bay
    
  • Advise the Management Board is localized depletion of menhaden stocks in Chesapeake Bay is occurring or likely to occur under current management of the coastwide stock of menhaden
    
  • Evaluate whether the effects of time and space openings/closures of fishing harvest caps in Chesapeake Bay and coastwide can be modeled, measured or monitored well enough to be considered for management tools.
  
  
• Develop Full List of Questions to Discuss with the Management Board
  

Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• Maryland Spring Trophy Quota – ACTION
  
• Technical Committee Report
  
  
  
  • Review of Striped Bass Discards in the Groundfish Fishery – ACTION
    
  • Chesapeake Baywide F – Methods Review using Historical Data
    
  • Comparison of Current Assessment & Reference Point Fully Recruited Ages
    
  • Implications for Continually Exceeding the F Target
    
  • Progress Update on Bycatch Data Collection Program

South Atlantic State-Federal Fisheries Management Board

• Elect Vice-Chair – ACTION
  
• Public Comment
  
• Review Atlantic Croaker Public Information Document Public Comment
  
• Discuss Issues for Inclusion in Draft Amendment 1
  
• Update on Red Drum Management
  
• SEAMAP Update

American Eel Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• Discuss Public Comment Process for the Public Information Document
  
• Review Timeline for 2005 Stock Assessment
  
• Update on Federal Eel Status Review & ESA Petition
  
• Elect Vice-Chair — ACTION

American Lobster Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• Review Public Comment on Draft Addendum VI and Consider Addendum for Approval — ACTION
  
• Update on Stock Assessment
  
• Lobster Plan Review Team Report

Atlantic Menhaden Management Board & Technical Committee

• Public Comment
  
• Review Management Charges to Staff and Technical Committee
  
  
  
  • Review other forage fish FMPs
    
  • Advise the Management Board on likely causes for low recruitment in Chesapeake Bay and a comparison of recruitment trends in other estuaries along the coast.
    
    
    
    • TC Report
      
    • Questions to the Board from the TC
      
    • Discussion
    
    
  • Review the stock assessment model; evaluate the issues of inverse catchability, weighting factors for recruitment indices, and total mortality and advise the Management Board on the inclusion of ecological reference points in the model
    
    
    
    • TC Report
      
    • Questions to the Board from the TC
      
    • Discussion
    
    
  • Evaluate ecological reference points and recruitment indices for Chesapeake Bay and advise the Management Board on the incorporation of Chesapeake Bay values in the stock assessment model or whether a separate stock assessment model can be developed for Chesapeake Bay
    
    
    
    • TC Report
      
    • Questions to the Board from the TC
      
    • Discussion
    
    
  • Advise the Management Board if localized depletion of menhaden stocks in Chesapeake Bay is occurring or likely to occur under current management of the coastwide stock of menhaden
    
    
    
    • TC Report
      
    • Questions to the Board from the TC
      
    • Discussion
    
    
  • Evaluate whether the effects of time and space openings/closures of fishing harvest caps in Chesapeake Bay and coastwide can be modeled, measured or monitored well enough to be considered for management tools.
    
    
    
    • TC Report
      
    • Questions to the Board from the TC
      
    • Discussion
  
  
• Additional Discussion between Management Board and Technical Committee on Menhaden Management
  
• Next Steps/Timeframe for additional actions

Weakfish Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• PRT Reports: State Compliance & FMP Review – ACTION
  
• Stock Assessment Report and Discussion

Shad & River Herring Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• Review/Approve the 2004 Review of the Fishery Management Plan – ACTION
  
• Review/Approve Terms of Reference for the 2005 Stock Assessment – ACTION
  
• Update on the 2005 Stock Assessment
  
• Elect a Vice-Chair – ACTION

Horseshoe Crab Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• PRT Reports: State Compliance and FMP Review
  
• Stock Assessment Framework Review
  
• Delaware Bay Tagging and Spawning Surveys Update
  
• Shorebird TC Update

Atlantic Sturgeon Management Board

• Public Comment
  
• PRT Reports: State Compliance and FMP Review
  
• Commercial Aquaculture Proposal in North Carolina
  
• Atlantic Sturgeon Recovery Workshop Summary

ISFMP Policy Board

• Public Comment
  
• Stock Assessment Committee Report
  
  
  
  • Long-term Schedule for Benchmark Assessments– ACTION
    
  • Stakeholder Involvement in ASMFC Technical Processes — ACTION
    
  • Approve Data and Assessment Workshop Framework — ACTION
  
  
• Management & Science Committee Report
  
  
  
  • Multispecies Implementation Plan
  
  
• Consider Motion from the Atlantic Menhaden Management Board
  
• Update on Non-Native Oyster Activities

Business Session

• Public Comment
  
• Review Recommendations of Noncompliance Findings (if necessary)
  
• Review and Consider Approval of Fishery Management Plan Amendments (if necessary)