New England Fishery Management Council

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New England Fishery Management Council 50 WATER STREET

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NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS 01950

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PHONE 978 465 0492

John F. Quinn, J.D., Ph.D., Chairman | Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director

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FAX 978 465 3116

AGENDA

Whiting Plan Development Team May 25, 2017 Holiday Inn 700 Myles Standish Boulevard Taunton, MA 02780 Phone: (508) 823-0430l 9:30 am

Brief overview of Amendment 22 alternatives and amendment document organization .............................................................................................. (Applegate)

10:00

Revised summary of qualifying vessels by alternative............................... (Applegate)

10:30

Update biological characteristics of whiting and red hake ................................ (Alade)

11:00

Updated summary of economic characteristics of the small-mesh multispecies fishery ........................................................................................................... (Pradhan)

11:30

Analysis of 2014-2016 small-mesh multispecies fishery activity and permitting by qualifying and non-qualifying vessels .......................................................... (Pradhan)

12:30

Lunch

1:30 pm

Small-mesh multispecies bycatch estimates ..................................... (Report by Burns)

2:00

Bycatch and capacity analysis by qualifying and non-qualifying vessels .. (Applegate)

2:45

Recommendations for preferred alternatives ....................................................... (PDT)

3:30

DEIS organization .............................................................. (Applegate, Cardiasmenos) Protected species update Community profiles and social data

4:00

Task assignment and meeting planning ............................................................... (PDT)