Ryan I'll give my opinion and I'd appreciate it if Dave expanded on his thoughts since he's been involved in this longer and has better historical perspective than me. Overall I thought it went well. Public was not able to chat back and forth like last year and could not make comments on the webinar which was disappointing. You had to be at the meeting in Durham to comment and then comments from the public were limited.

Everyone's emails definitely did not land on deaf ears which I take as extremely positive. During Kiley's update yesterday, which she only had an hour for her presentation, she made a point of mentioning there were about 25 comments largely from New Jersey and a few of those comments were included in her presentation so again thanks to everyone who took the time. YOUR OPINIONS MATTER ONLY IF THEY'RE KNOWN AND HEARD! I'm proud and appreciative of the people who submitted emails and opinions!
There was actually a slide which mentioned the words "SLOT LIMIT" which I'll let Dave expand upon.

My analysis was mentioned and summarized by Kiley, lot more that could have been but time didn't allow and I understand that. This is part of a much longer process and it's not going to stop here. No motions or final decisions were made regarding summer flounder so that's still lies ahead of us I believe in December of this year. Very good chance I'll be attending that meeting along with Dave.

In my opinion, the primary objective of many was to get this in front of the Commission and Council and we did. Now the work and follow up begins to keep pushing in addressing the problems causing poor recruitment and a shrinking biomass and spawning stock. A slot to recreational would definitely be a step in the right direction but only a piece of what has to happen to reverse the fortunes of this fishery. I believe it represents a bigger step in changing the mind set of how the fishery is being managed.

So in summary, no earth shattering news to share but I believe there are some positive takeaways to build on.

Dave look forward to your opinion or the opinion of anyone else who listened in.