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)