Council Soliciting Input on Ecosystem Management The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council was tasked by Congress, together with the New England Council, South Atlantic Council, and the Gulf Council, to incorporate ecosystem considerations into fisheries management processes. The Mid-Atlantic Council has scheduled a series of scoping meetings to facilitate discussions with interested parties. The meetings will cover nine topic areas: (1) views regarding the adequacy of current approaches for addressing ecosystem considerations, (2) the nature of ecosystem-based management and the goals to be achieved; (3) the nature of the public decision making processes within the Councils for addressing management tradeoffs; (4) mechanisms for considering activities outside the Council’s purview but influencing ecosystem productivity, (5) the boundaries of sub-regional ecosystems; (6) the types of management measures that would be incorporated into ecosystem approaches for fishery management; (7) the specific regional issues that need to be addressed in a fishery ecosystem plan, (8) techniques for determining success of ecosystem-based management, and (9) other issues considered important in the region. These nine topic areas are discussed in the
Public hearings are scheduled from September 26 through October 24 in communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. For details on these meetings, please read the
meeting notice. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail to:in**@ma***.org
. Written comments will be accepted until November 15.
For more information, contact the Mid-Atlantic Council at: (302) 674-2331.
Council Soliciting Input on Ecosystem Management
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council was tasked by Congress, together with the New England Council, South Atlantic Council, and the Gulf Council, to incorporate ecosystem considerations into fisheries management processes. The Mid-Atlantic Council has scheduled a series of scoping meetings to facilitate discussions with interested parties. The meetings will cover nine topic areas:
(1) views regarding the adequacy of current approaches for addressing ecosystem considerations,
(2) the nature of ecosystem-based management and the goals to be achieved;
(3) the nature of the public decision making processes within the Councils for addressing management tradeoffs;
(4) mechanisms for considering activities outside the Council’s purview but influencing ecosystem productivity,
(5) the boundaries of sub-regional ecosystems;
(6) the types of management measures that would be incorporated into ecosystem approaches for fishery management;
(7) the specific regional issues that need to be addressed in a fishery ecosystem plan,
(8) techniques for determining success of ecosystem-based management, and
(9) other issues considered important in the region.
These nine topic areas are discussed in the
scoping document, along with a series of questions designed to initiate debate.Public hearings are scheduled from September 26 through October 24 in communities throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. For details on these meetings, please read the
meeting notice. Comments may also be submitted by e-mail to:in**@ma***.org
. Written comments will be accepted until November 15.
For more information, contact the Mid-Atlantic Council at: (302) 674-2331.