Langham Hotel
250 Franklin Street
Boston, MA
Phone: 617.451.1992

November 7

8:00 - 10:30 AM

Atlantic Herring Section Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (D. Pierce)
• Section Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Update on New England Fishery Management Council Action (L. Steele)
  • NEFMC Framework Adjustment 2 to the Herring Fishery Management Plan
  • 2013-2015 Atlantic Herring Specifications
• Set 2013-2015 Atlantic Herring Specifications (T. Kerns) Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

Shad & River Herring Management Board Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (M. Duval)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Review of NOAA Fisheries Possible Endangered Species Act Listing of River Herring (K. Taylor) Possible Action
• Review of Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Amendment 15 Development (K. Taylor)
• Consider Proposed American Shad Stocking Plan in Georgia (M. Dionne) Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

Sturgeon Management Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (R. Allen)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Review and Populate Stock Assessment Subcommittee Membership (K. Taylor) Action
• Review of NOAA Fisheries/ASMFC Mid-Atlantic Gillnet Bycatch Workshop
• Other Business/Adjourn

8:00 - 9:45 AM

Atlantic Menhaden Management Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (L. Daniel)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Proceedings from December 2012
• Public Comment
• Technical Committee Report (J. Brust)
• Discuss Amendment Implementation and Compliance (L. Daniel)
  • Total Allowable Catch Set Aside for Episodic Events (M. Waine)
  • Update on Compliance Requirements (M. Waine)
• Multispecies Technical Committee Report on Progress of Ecological Reference Points (M. Cieri)
• Review and Populate the Stock Assessment Subcommittee Membership (M. Waine) Action
• Review and Populate the Plan Review Team Membership (M. Waine) Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

Horseshoe Crab Management Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (D. Simpson)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Review and Discuss the Importation of Asian Horseshoe Crab (G. Gauvry)
• Review Status of New Jersey Moratorium on Horseshoe Crab Harvest (P. Himchak)
• Other Business/Adjourn 

Winter Flounder Management Board Presentations

• Welcome /Call to Order (R. White)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Consider 2012 Fishery Management Plan Review and State Compliance (M. Yuen) Action
• Consider Draft Addendum III for Public Comment (T. Kerns)Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

American Eel Management Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (T. Stockwell)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Consider Draft Addendum III for Public Comment Action
  • Review of Draft Addendum III (K. Taylor)
  • Advisory Panel Report (K. Taylor)
  • Technical Committee Report (B. Chase)
  • Law Enforcement Committee Report (M. Robson)
• Review and Populate Advisory Panel Membership (K. Taylor)Action
• Other Business/Adjourn 

Interstate Fisheries Management Program (ISFMP) Policy Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (P. Diodati)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings of October 2012
• Public Comment
• ASMFC Commissioner Survey Results (T. Kerns)
  • Review Summary of Results
  • Discuss Next Steps
• Executive Committee Report on Strategic Planning Process (R. Beal)
• Technical Orientation and Guidance Document (T. Kerns) Action
  • Review Revised Guidance Document
  • Consider Approval of the Technical Orientation and Guidance Document
• Update on Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Activities (B. Hooker)
• Discuss and Consider ASMFC Public Comment on Amendment 5 to the HMS 2006 Consolidated Fishery Management Plan (L. Daniel) Action
• Habitat Program Direction and Priorities (T. Kerns) Action
  • Discuss Future Direction of Habitat Committee
  • Consider Approval of Harbor Deeping Report
• Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership Report (E. Greene)
• Management and Science Committee Report (M. Paine)
• Other Business/Adjourn

7:45 - 9:00 AM

Executive Committee (Closed Session)

• Welcome/Call to Order (P. Diodati)
• Committee Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Meeting Summary from October 2012
• Discuss Strategic Planning Process (L. Daniel) Action
• Discuss Use of Reserves (P. Diodati)
• Discuss Human Resource Issues (P. Diodati)
• Other Business/Adjourn

Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (D. Simpson)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Consider Approval of State Summer Flounder Recreational Proposals Action
  • Technical Committee Report (J. McNamee, T. Kerns)
• Consider Approval of State Scup Recreational Proposal Action
  • Technical Committee Report (J. McNamee, T. Kerns)
• Technical Committee Report (J. McNamee)
  • Report on the Use of Multi-year Averaging of Recreational Data
• Reconsider Black Sea Bass 2013 Quota Final Action
• Draft Addendum XXIII for Final Approval Final Action
  • Review Options (T. Kerns)
  • Public Comment Summary (T. Kerns)
  • Technical Committee Report (J. McNamee)
  • Law Enforcement Committee Report (M. Robson)
  • Consider Final Approval of Addendum XXIII
• Other Business/Adjourn

Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks Management Board Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (M. Gibson)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Review and Consider Approval of Draft Addendum II to the Interstate Atlantic Coastal Sharks FMP for Public Comment (M. Hawk) Action
• Consider Spiny Dogfish FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Hawk) Action
• Consider Atlantic Coastal Sharks FMP Review and State Compliance (M. Hawk) Action
• Other Business/Adjourn

Northeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program Board Presentations

• Welcome and Introductions (R. O’Reilly)
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Meeting Minutes from February 2012 Action
• Public Comment
• NEAMAP Survey Reports
  • NEAMAP Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Nearshore Trawl Survey (C. Bonzek, J. Gartland)
  • Maine-New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey (L. Mercer)
  • Massachusetts DMF Bottom Trawl Survey (D. Pierce)
• Discuss Incorporation of Other Trawl Surveys as Part of NEAMAP
• Reports and Recommendations from NEAMAP Committees
  • Data Management (C. Bonzek)
  • Analytical (M. Paine)
  • Operations (J. Gartland)
• Review and Consider Approval of NEAMAP 2013 Operations Plan
• Discuss Promotion of NEAMAP Data Use
• Discuss Potential Funding for NEAMAP
• Other Business/Adjourn

ISFMP Policy Board (continued) Supplemental Material Presentations

• Welcome/Call to Order (P. Diodati)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
• Public Comment
• Review of Non-compliance Findings (if necessary)
• Other Business/Adjourn

Business Session

• Welcome/Call to Order (P. Diodati)
• Board Consent
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from October 2012
• Public Comment
• Review of Non-compliance Findings (if necessary)
• Other Business/Adjourn