Council Meeting Discussion Documents

Tuesday, April 7, 2009              
  Management Status
  Presentation by SSC Chair, Steve Cadrin  
  Memo from Paul Howard, Executive Director and Final SSC recommendations  
#1 Scallops: March 5, 2009 memo from the Scallop Plan Development Team to the SSC titled Follow-up of issues to be reviewed related to Scallop Amendment 15
#2 Staff PowerPoint Presentation given to the SSC
  Scallop Background Documents available on CD by request:
A.) Sections of Scallop Amendment 15 DEIS – Description of stacking and leasing alternatives only; B.) Summary of methods used for economic analyses; C.) Addendum to Methods used for Economic Analyses, including information discussed and analyses prepared since the February 16 sub-Committee meeting; and D.) Summary of issues that will be considered in the social impact assessment.
#3 Monkfish: February 27, 2009 cover memo from Executive Director Paul Howard to the SSC - Initial Monkfish Report and Terms of Reference
#4 Staff PowerPoint Presentations given to the SSC – Initial PDT Report on Proposed Biological and Management Reference Points; Monkfish Assessment Summary
#5 Initial Report of the Monkfish PDT to the NEFMC’s Scientific and Statistical Committee
  Monkfish Background Documents available on CD by request: A.) Haring, P., and Maguire, J.J., 2008. The monkfish fishery and its management in the northeastern USA. In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 65: 1370-1379; B.) Northeast Data Poor Stocks Working Group. 2007. Monkfish Assessment Summary for 2007. Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document 07-13; C.) Richards, R.A., Nitschke, P. C., and Sosebee, K. A.. 2008. Population biology of monkfish Lophius Americanus. In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 65: 1291 -1305.
#6 Habitat: March 6, 2009 cover and terms of reference memo from Executive Director Paul Howard to the SSC – Review of EFH Omnibus 2, Phase II, Analytical Tool (FiGSI)
#7 Staff PowerPoint Presentation given to the SSC – Essential Fish Habitat Omnibus Amendment 2, Phase II Analysis Methods
 

Habitat Background Documents available on CD by request: A.) The Fishing Gear Seabed Impact Model: A tool for assessing the potential adverse effects of fishing on Essential Fish Habitat in the Northeast region; B.) Draft Summary of 03 March 2009 Habitat Oversight Committee meeting; C.) Summary of 13 February 2009 Habitat PDT conference call; D.) Summary of 11 February 2009 Habitat PDT meeting; E.) Summary of 15 January 2009 Habitat Oversight Committee meeting; and F.) Summary of 05-06 January 2009 Habitat PDT meeting