MAFMC webinar 27-Feb: Fluke/SeaBass assessments + 2019 recreational recommendations

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http://www.mafmc.org/council-events/...meeting-feb-27

The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will meet on Wednesday, February 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The meeting will take place over webinar with a telephone-only connection option.
• Webinar Link: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/mc-feb2019/
• Audio: 800-832-0736; room number 4472108
The purpose of this meeting is to review updated summer flounder stock assessment information and recommend revised 2019 and new 2020-2021 commercial and recreational Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), Annual Catch Targets (ACTs), commercial quotas, and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder. The Committee will also recommend recreational management measures for summer flounder in 2019, including either the use of conservation equivalency or coastwide recreational management measures to achieve but not exceed the revised 2019 recreational harvest limit.
Meeting Materials
• Draft Agenda https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...aft_AGENDA.pdf
• 66th SAW Assessment Summary Report
o Updated 2019-2021 OFL and ABC projections (as of 1/31/19)
• Staff Memo: 2019-2021 Summer Flounder Specifications
• Staff Memo: 2019 Su mmer Flounder Recreational Measures
• Staff Memo: 2020 Interim Specifications for Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish
• February 21 SSC Report
• Revised catch and landings limit tables based on SSC recommendations

AGENDA Please note: times are approximate and may change based on pace of discussion. Public comment will be allowed during the meeting at designated times, at the discretion of staff.
10:00 a.m. Summer Flounder 2019-2021 ACLs and ACTs
• Review stock status, staff recommendations, and SSC recommendations based on the recent benchmark stock assessment. Recommend annual ACLs, ACTs, and resulting commercial quotas and recreational harvest limits for 2019 (revised) and 2020-2021.
12:00 p.m. Break for lunch
1:00 p.m. Summer Flounder 2019 Recreational Measures
• Review recent recreational data for summer flounder, and recommend the use of either conservation equivalency or coastwide measures for 2019. If conservation equivalency is recommended, non-preferred coastwide and precautionary default measures must be identified; if coastwide measures are recommended, the Committee should identify coastwide measures that would constrain harvest to the Monitoring Committee-recommended recreational harvest limit (RHL).
• Progress update on summer flounder recreational Management Strategy Evaluation contract (J. McNamee)
2:40 p.m. Update on Scup and Black Sea Bass 2020 Specifications Timeline
3:00 p.m. Adjourn