[Rimarinefisheries] REMINDER! Public Hearing on Summer Flounder Commercial Issues FMP Amendment

Thu Sep 13 19:34:39 EDT 2018

Public Hearings on Summer Flounder Commercial Issues FMP Amendment

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission are seeking public input on a draft amendment to address several potential changes to the management of the commercial summer flounder (fluke) fishery, as well as modifications to the fishery management plan (FMP) goals and objectives for summer flounder. Ten public hearings are being held from NC through MA between September 10 and September 27. The hearing in Rhode Island will be held at the following location and time:

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 6:00 PM

URI Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium

South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882

Those unable to attend the RI hearing (or any other held along the coast) may participate in an Internet Webinar, jointly conducted by the Council and Commission.  Details for that are as follows:

Internet Webinar

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 6:30 PM

Registration URL: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__attendee.gotowebinar.com_register_5467929991483514883&d=DwIF-g&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=3BstAh1AIW6SHvV_EHOlOepYPd7JCak2xCc2dTp6fSKIbravRbCWe8iBt1PxQJ3O&m=4eVJtKo6Yd9QjlDv-cLxU3fZoTxMnQk9oZI3vIItOX4&s=G7EKpt3NTkaRVRUSzjwVo2pBPVVTOHrtWWzZjj7IEig&e= [attendee.gotowebinar.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__attendee.gotowebinar.com_register_5467929991483514883&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=CgkwAmIywUB3bIJR2P7r1KkZjWMcKV9-glrPCnRXy3c&m=kgWJEPDD2xziJxFvzrQ5mExbQtCJgZKnbhiv8urxVGw&s=krbVi8teFUzGz_Rmj1w8h_LyDSouXahM0z8c_PNQtWM&e=>

Webinar ID: 658-611-667; Phone: 1-888-585-9008; Room Number: 853-657-937

Also, written comments may be submitted to the Council and Commission through October 12, 2018.  Information pertaining to that option is as follows:

Written Comment

Due Friday, October 12, 2018, 11:59 PM

Online: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mafmc.org_comments_summer-2Dflounder-2Damendment&d=DwIF-g&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=3BstAh1AIW6SHvV_EHOlOepYPd7JCak2xCc2dTp6fSKIbravRbCWe8iBt1PxQJ3O&m=4eVJtKo6Yd9QjlDv-cLxU3fZoTxMnQk9oZI3vIItOX4&s=Y903aBcHMT-doju_EaiY8-Zl-rf5CZSIyZI24gEZntQ&e=<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mafmc.org_comments_summer-2Dflounder-2Damendment&d=DwMFAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=eSZXqIjkT3dDOILqurn9wQfZYfznhYi0BrFAE1mh6i8&m=2mGda4kATj8yeMPMFst5IfMPvm2EvvPSM164llUEGNw&s=zrvNwc_a7gHrjabM9ZiguS2lT_IAUMfUfTD-Y8YgI8s&e=>

E-mail: nmfs.flukeamendment at noaa.gov<mailto:nmfs.flukeamendment at noaa.gov>

Mail: Chris Moore, MAFMC, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901

Fax: Chris Moore, MAFMC, 302-674-5399

Include “Summer Flounder Commercial Issues Amendment Comments” in the subject line or on the envelope.

Please do not send separate comments to the Council and Commission.

The specific issues under consideration in this amendment include:

  1.  Requalifying criteria for federal commercial moratorium permits to address latent effort in the fishery: The amendment includes options to reduce the number of eligible commercial federal moratorium permits by implementing requalifying criteria for existing permits.
  2.  Modifying commercial quota allocation: The amendment proposes several options for revising the current commercial allocation to the states, which has been in place since 1993 and is based on average landings from 1980–1989.
  3.  Adding commercial landings flexibility as a framework issue in the Council's FMP: This action does not consider implementing landings flexibility policies at this time but considers allowing the Council to implement landings flexibility through a future framework action instead of an amendment. The Commission’s adaptive management process already allows for landings flexibility.
  4.  Revising the FMP objectives for summer flounder: This amendment proposes revisions to the current FMP objectives for summer flounder management to provide more meaningful and up-to-date guidance to managers.

Learn More: Additional information about the amendment and the management alternatives being considered can be found on the Council’s website at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mafmc.org_actions_summer-2Dflounder-2Damendment&d=DwIF-g&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=3BstAh1AIW6SHvV_EHOlOepYPd7JCak2xCc2dTp6fSKIbravRbCWe8iBt1PxQJ3O&m=4eVJtKo6Yd9QjlDv-cLxU3fZoTxMnQk9oZI3vIItOX4&s=UBseXWbtwUBxPI3IrAcZUU7gxjdOilXXO-PM7UJBDjk&e= [mafmc.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mafmc.org_actions_summer-2Dflounder-2Damendment&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=CgkwAmIywUB3bIJR2P7r1KkZjWMcKV9-glrPCnRXy3c&m=kgWJEPDD2xziJxFvzrQ5mExbQtCJgZKnbhiv8urxVGw&s=jMjgq3LUsVLtZ6LHq5ui4GTdS1kYI_O91TZQr0M0T7g&e=> and on the Commission’s website at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.asmfc.org_about-2Dus_public-2Dinput&d=DwIF-g&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=3BstAh1AIW6SHvV_EHOlOepYPd7JCak2xCc2dTp6fSKIbravRbCWe8iBt1PxQJ3O&m=4eVJtKo6Yd9QjlDv-cLxU3fZoTxMnQk9oZI3vIItOX4&s=kUa6giWprunSyrIVlarMDnEXWEH1AnGFKe69_HeULBM&e= [asmfc.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.asmfc.org_about-2Dus_public-2Dinput&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=CgkwAmIywUB3bIJR2P7r1KkZjWMcKV9-glrPCnRXy3c&m=kgWJEPDD2xziJxFvzrQ5mExbQtCJgZKnbhiv8urxVGw&s=W79F5aMA55I3_-_kISJdmPB21Ahx9XX-XcccXefBJ-8&e=>. This information includes three documents: (1) the Public Hearing Document, which includes all proposed management changes and was developed to solicit public comment; (2) the Commission’s Draft Amendment; and (3) the Council’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Both the Commission’s Draft Amendment and the Council’s DEIS are required under their respective regulatory processes.

Contacts:

Kiley Dancy, Fishery Management Specialist

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

kdancy at mafmc.org<mailto:kdancy at mafmc.org>, 302-526-5257

Kirby Rootes-Murdy, Senior FMP Coordinator

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

krootes-murdy at asmfc.org<mailto:krootes-murdy at asmfc.org>, 703-842-0740

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You are receiving this notice from the RIDEM Division of Marine Fisheries, rimarinefisheries listserve. This is an automated message system; please do not reply to this email.

To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send an email to <rimarinefisheries-unsubscribe at listserve.ri.gov<mailto:rimarinefisheries-unsubscribe at listserve.ri.gov>>

If you need to get in contact with the owner of the list, (if you have trouble unsubscribing) send email to <rimarinefisheries-owner at listserve.ri.gov<mailto:rimarinefisheries-owner at listserve.ri.gov>>.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://listserve.ri.gov/pipermail/rimarinefisheries/attachments/20180913/fee99a2f/attachment-0001.html 