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Mid-Atlantic Council Report to Council Coordination Committee Richard B. Robins, Jr., Chairman

Mid-Atlantic Council Report to Council Coordination Committee Richard B. Robins, Jr., Chairman. February 26, 2009 *** Annual Catch Limits *** Ending Overfishing *** Rebuilding Status. Approach to Meeting MSA Requirement for ACL / AM [MSA Section 303(a)(15)]. Formed an ACL / AM Committee

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Mid-Atlantic Council Report to Council Coordination Committee Richard B. Robins, Jr., Chairman

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  1. Mid-Atlantic Council Report to Council Coordination CommitteeRichard B. Robins, Jr., Chairman February 26, 2009 *** Annual Catch Limits *** Ending Overfishing *** Rebuilding Status

  2. Approach to Meeting MSA Requirement for ACL / AM [MSA Section 303(a)(15)] • Formed an ACL / AM Committee • Empanelled a Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT) • Coordinating with Council’s SSC

  3. Fisheries Being Addressed

  4. National Environmental Policy Act Considerations

  5. Timeline for Development, Review and Implementation

  6. Coordination of the ACL/AM Committee, Species Committee’s, FMAT, and SSC in early option development for the NS 1 Omnibus FMAT compiles ABC/ACL/AM Options FMAT Continues to compile ABC/ACL/AM Options Full SSC selects members to serve on an….. ACL/AM Committee Tasks FMAT SSC Scientific Uncertainty Advisory Committee (Lead +3) Demersal Committee (Summer flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, Bluefish) Council Reviews/Approves Options for EA/EIS Development Spiny Dogfish Committee Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Tilefish Committee ACL/AM Committee Reviews Options SSC Scientific Uncertainty Advisory Committee (Lead +3) Full SSC Reviews ABC/ACL/AM Options Acronyms:ABC=Acceptable Biological CatchACL=Annual Catch LimitsAM=Accountability measuresFMAT=Fishery Management Action TeamEA=Environmental AssessmentEIS=Environmental Impact StatementSSC=Science and Statistical Committee EA or EIS Development Begins Species Specific Committees and Industry Advisors

  7. TWIN GOALS OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT 1.) “Prevent overfishing while achieving …optimum yield” – NS 1 [MSA Section 301 (a) (1)] - Optimum yield means the “amount of fish based on maximum sustainable yield from the fishery” [MSA Section 3 (33)] - Maximum sustainable yield is “the largest average catch or yield that can continuously be taken from a stock under existing environmental conditions” [NOAA Fisheries Glossary, June 2006]

  8. Fishing Mortality Rates and Thresholds for MAFMC Managed Species

  9. Fishing mortality ratios for MAFMC managed stocks Overfishing is occurring Overfishing threshold Overfishing is not occurring Unknown

  10. Stock Status of the 13 MAFMC Managed SpeciesRelative to Fishing Mortality 7% 93%

  11. TWIN GOALS OF FISHERY MANAGEMENT 2.) Rebuild overfished stocks and those stocks approaching an over- fished state [MSA Section 304 (e)] - Rebuild means “implementing management measures that increase a fish stock to its target size” (Bmsy) [NOAA Fisheries Glossary, June 2006]

  12. Stock Target Levels and Current Abundance of MAFMC Managed Species

  13. Stock Target Levels and Current Abundance of MAFMC Managed Species

  14. Stock Size Relative to Biological Reference Points 357% Not Overfished Bmsy Rebuilt ½ Bmsy Overfished Threshold Overfished * No approved target for spiny dogfish. NOTE: Illex and Loligo squids are short-lived species and not included in above.

  15. Stock Status of the 13 MAFMC Managed SpeciesRelative to Biomass 7% 7% 93% 93%

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