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FINAL SCHEDULE

The final agenda is subject to change. The agenda reflects the current estimate of time required for scheduled Board meetings. The Commission may adjust this agenda in accordance with the actual duration of Board meetings. Interested parties should anticipate Boards starting earlier or later than indicated herein. Please note that this agenda has been modified from the preliminary agenda. Specifically, an Atlantic Herring Section meeting has been scheduled for Monday, August 13 from 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. On Wednesday, August 15, a Business Session Meeting has been added from 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and the times of the ISFMP Policy Board and Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board have shifted slightly.

If you intend to bring any meeting materials for use by a board or committee not included in the Commission's Summer Meeting Briefing Materials CD-ROM, please bring 50 copies to the meeting.

Public Comment Guidelines

The ISFMP Policy Board has been discussing the Commission’s procedures for public participation with the intent of developing policies that result in a fair opportunity for public input. At its winter meeting, the Policy Board approved the following guidelines for use at management board meetings:

For issues that are not on the agenda, management boards will continue to provide opportunity to the public to bring matters of concern to the board’s attention at the start of each board meeting. Board chairs will use a speaker sign-up list in deciding how to allocate the available time on the agenda (typically 10 minutes) to the number of people who want to speak.

For topics that are on the agenda, but have not gone out for public comment, board chairs will provide limited opportunity for comment, taking into account the time allotted on the agenda for the topic. Chairs will have flexibility in deciding how to allocate comment opportunities; this could include hearing one comment in favor and one in opposition until the chair is satisfied further comment will not provide additional insight to the board.

For agenda action items that have already gone out for public comment, it is the Policy Board’s intent to end the occasional practice of allowing extensive and lengthy public comments. Recognizing that these procedures are a change to previous practices and are still evolving, the Policy Board has committed to a gradual implementation. Initially, it is the Policy Board’s intent that board chairs will exercise discretion in deciding what public comment to allow in these circumstances.

Habitat Committee

• Welcome/Introductions, K. Chytalo
• New Habitat Committee Member Updates
• Program Updates, J. Thomas
  • Coastal Sharks Fishery Management Plan, C. Vonderweidt
  • Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership
  • Diadromous Source Document
  • Energy Subcommittee
  • Habitat Committee Member Description Document
• Vice-Chair Nomination
• Operational Procedures Manual
  • Fishery Management Plan Recommendations (and Temporal Dredging Windows Update)
  • Project Review Policy
  • Effectiveness Review
• Working Waterfronts Discussion
• Commissioner Involvement/Secondary Information List
• Other Business
• Adjourn

American Lobster Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order, J. Nelson
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 8, 2007
• Public Comment
• Review and Consider Approval of Transferability Committee Recommendation – ACTION, T. Kerns
• Review and Consider Approval of Connecticut Conservation Equivalency
  Proposal – ACTION, T. Kerns
  • Review Connecticut Proposal
  • Review Technical Committee Report
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Atlantic Herring Section

• Welcome/Call to Order, E. Smith
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 7, 2007
• Public Comment
• Review and Consider Approval of Updated 2006 FMP Review – ACTION, C. Vonderweidt
• Amendment II Compliance Update – ACTION, C. Vonderweidt
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order, J. Travelstead
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 9, 2007
• Public Comment
• Review and Consider Approval of Draft Addendum XIX – ACTION,
  T. Kerns
  • Review Public Comment
  • Consider Approval of Measures
• Consider Summer Flounder Reference Points – ACTION, T. Kerns
• Set 2008 TAL for Summer Flounder – ACTION, T. Kerns
• Discuss Summer Flounder 2008 Peer Review, T. Kerns
  • Venue
  • Terms of Reference
• Update of 2007 Black Sea Bass and Scup Quotas, T. Kerns
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership Steering Committee

• Welcome/Introductions
• Update on Progress Since May Workshop
  • Workshop Conclusions, G. Schuler
  • Grant Applications, M. Caldwell
  • Science Activities and Leadership, J. Thomas and G. Schuler
  • National Board Information, J. Thomas
• Partnership Application & Process
• Representatives to National Committees (Science/Data,
  Communications)
• Eligibility for 2008 FWS NFHAP Funds
• Presentation at October NFHAP Board Meeting
• Discussion Items:
  • Selection of an Interim Steering Committee Leader
  • Role of the Steering Committee (Interim & Permanent)
  • Who Should Participate on the Steering Committee based
    on Roles Needed Today and Projected Under a Permanent
    Structure?
• Discussion Items: Who is Missing From the ACFHP, Why Should They be Involved and How Do We Involve Them?
  • Southern Organizations and Agencies
  • Freshwater Fisheries Agencies
  • Other Fish Habitat Partnerships
  • Other Groups
• Creating an Action Plan
  • Review and Discussion of Partnership Application, J. Thomas
  • Creation of a Timeline for Action using Work Plan and Grant
    Application
  • Creating a Plan for Accomplishment of Activities
  • Multi-State Grant Triage Plan
• Plan for NOAA Funds, T. Bigford
  • Review of NOAA Contract Content
  • Update on Status of Contract
  • Discussion of Immediate Needs for NOAA Fund Distribution based on Timeline
• Discussion on Species – Habitat Matrix
  • Plan of Action Outline for Matrix Completion, J. Kritzer
  • Missing Categories
  • Overall Impression
• October Meeting
• Other Business
• Adjourn

American Eel Management Board

• Welcome / Call to Order, A.C. Carpenter
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Proceedings from January 30, 2007
• Public Comment
• Update on Development of Draft Addendum II, E. Robbins
• American Eel Stock Assessment Subcommittee Proposal for Evaluating the Potential Impact of Potential Management Measures Outlined in Draft Addendum II, L. Lee
• Update on the Development of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, E. Robbins
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Sturgeon Management Board

• Welcome / Call to Order, E. Smith
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from January 30, 2007
• Public Comment
• Presentation of Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch Workshop Report 2007– ACTION, D. Secor
• Technical Committee Update, D. Secor
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Sharks Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order, E. Smith
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 10, 2007
• Public Comment
• Review and Consider Approval of Spiny Dogfish FMP Review – ACTION
• ASMFC Letter to Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, Dr. J. Musick
• Updated Management Options for Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Sharks, C. Vonderweidt
• Other Business
• Adjourn

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Tautog Management Board

• Welcome/Call to Order, D. Pierce
• Board Consent - ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 8, 2007
• Public Comment
• Review and Consider Approval of 2006 Tautog FMP Review – ACTION
• Live Market Update
  • LEC Response to v-notching or live well prohibition, M. Howard
  • Potential Magnitude of Illegal Harvest, J. McNamee
• Review Public Comment Technical Committee and Advisory Panel Recommendations for Draft Addendum V, C. Vonderweidt
  • Review Draft Addendum V and Consider Final Approval – ACTION, C. Vonderweidt
  • Review State Proposals to Achieve F = 0.20 – ACTION, J. McNamee
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Stock Assessment Workshop for Commissioners

• Welcome/Overview
• When to Use Forward/Backward Projecting Models – Data Requirements
• How Do They Work? What Can They Tell You? How Do Backward/Forward Models Differ?
• Retrospective Bias and Other Common Problems
• Exercise – Examples from Actual Forward/Backward Assessments
• Review and Discussion of Exercise
• Adjourn

ISFMP Policy Board

• Welcome/Call to Order, G. Lapointe
• Board Consent - ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 9 & 10, 2007
• Public Comment
• Habitat Committee Report
• Update on Non-Native Oyster Activities
• Update on President’s Ocean Action Plan
  • Presentation on Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
  • Presentation by the Center for Environmental Quality
  • Questions and Discussion
• Discussion on the Use of FAX Ballots for Board Decisions
• Review Non-Compliance Recommendations
• Discussion on de minimis Provisions
• Discussion on Updating the ASMFC Strategic Plan
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Business Session

• Welcome/Call to Order, G. Lapointe
• Board Consent - ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Approval of Proceedings from May 10, 2007
• Public Comment
• Review of Non-Compliance Recommendations
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board

• Welcome / Call to Order, P. Diodati
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Proceedings from January 29, 2007
• Public Comment
• 2007 Review of the FMP – ACTION, N. Meserve
  • Review of 2007 FMP Review, N. Meserve
  • Consider Approval of 2007 FMP Review
• Technical Committee Update, D. Grout
  • Overview of Assessment Workshops
  • Review and Consider Approval of Stock Assessment Terms of
    Reference – ACTION
  • Review and Consider Approval of Request to Prioritize Expansion of MRFSS Sampling into Wave 1 – ACTION
• Rhode Island Proposal for the Commercial Trap Fishery – ACTION
  • Review Rhode Island Proposal, N. Meserve
  • Technical Committee Comments on Rhode Island Proposal, D. Grout
  • Advisory Panel Comments on Rhode Island Proposal, J. Gilford
  • Consider Approval of Rhode Island Proposal
• Maryland Proposal for the Susquehanna Flats – ACTION
  • Review Susquehanna Flats Proposal and Previous TC and AP Comments, N. Meserve
  • Consider Approval of Maryland Proposal
• Review and Consider Approval of Advisory Panel Nominations – ACTION
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Shad & River Herring Management Board

• Welcome / Call to Order, E. Kray
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
  • Proceedings from January 31, 2007
• Public Comment
• Presentation of the American Shad Stock Assessment, A. Kahnle
• Presentation of the Peer Review Report for the American Shad Stock Assessment – ACTION, K. Limburg
• Discussion of American Shad Management
• Discussion of River Herring Stock Assessment
• Review and Discussion of Creel Survey Requirement, E. Robbins
• North Carolina Proposal for Moratorium on River Herring Harvest, L. Daniel
• Other Business
• Adjourn

ISFMP Policy Board

• Welcome/Call to Order, G. Lapointe
• Board Consent – ACTION
  • Approval of Agenda
• Public Comment
• Review Non-Compliance Findings
• Other Business
• Adjourn

Business Session

• Welcome/Call to Order, G. Lapointe
• Board Consent – ACTION
• Approval of Agenda
• Public Comment
• Review of Non-Compliance Recommendations
• Review and Consider Approval of FMPs or Amendments
• Other Business
• Adjourn