ASMFC 2020 Winter Meeting Final Agenda & Meeting Materials

January 22, 2020 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission:

The final agenda and meeting materials for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s 2020 Winter Meeting are now available at http://www.asmfc.org/home/2020-winter-meeting; click on the relevant Board/Committee name to access the documents for that Board/Committee. For ease of access, all Board meeting documents have been combined into one document: Main Meeting Materials. Not included in the Main Meeting Materials are the two Atlantic menhaden benchmark stock assessments, which are available at Single Species Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report and ERP Benchmark Stock Assessment and Peer Review Report. Separate links to those reports can also be found on the meetings page at the Atlantic Menhaden Board header. Supplemental materials will be available at http://www.asmfc.org/home/2020-winter-meeting on January 29.

Board meeting proceedings will be broadcast daily via webinar beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 4^thand continuing daily until the conclusion of the meeting (expected to be 12:30 p.m.) on Thursday, February 6^th. The webinar will allow registrants to listen to board deliberations and view presentations and motions as they occur. No comments or questions will be accepted via the webinar. Should technical difficulties arise while streaming the broadcast the boards/sections will continue their deliberations without interruption. We will attempt to resume the broadcast as soon as possible. To register, please go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3853611638258510347.

As a reminder, the guidelines for submission of written comment for issues for which the Commission hasNOT established a specific public comment period (i.e., in response to proposed management action) are as follows:

1. Comments received 3 weeks prior to the start of a meeting week will be included with the main meeting materials.

2. Comments received by 5:00 PM on the Tuesday immediately preceding the scheduled ASMFC Meeting (in this case, the Tuesday deadline will be January 28, 2020) will be distributed electronically to Commissioners/Board members prior to the meeting and a limited number of copies will be provided at the meeting.

3. Following the Tuesday, January 28, 2020 5:00 PM deadline, the commenter will be responsible for distributing the information to the management board prior to the board meeting or providing enough copies for the management board consideration at the meeting (a minimum of 50 copies).

The submitted comments must clearly indicate the commenter’s expectation from the ASMFC staff regarding distribution. As with other public comment, it will be accepted via mail, fax, and email.