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ASMFC August Meeting Week
August 26 - 29, 2002
Swissotel, Washington, The Watergate 2650 Virginia Avenue, NWWashington, DC
(202)965-2300
(from Jersey Coast Anglers Association September 2002 Newsletter)
Monday, August 26, 2002
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM American Lobster Trap Transferability Workshop
12:30 - 6:00 PM Habitat Committee
Review & approve Beach Nourishment paper
Review Molluscan Shell Substrate paper
Report from the SAV Subcommittee on SAV State Reports
Review SAV brochure
Updates on FMP Habitat Sections, 316b Letter Comment, Aquaculture Report, Blue Atlantic Transmission Pipeline Project, and Power Plant Project
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM American Lobster Management Board
Tuesday, August 27, 2002
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM "Working Towards Greater State/Federal Cooperative Efforts in Marine Endangered Species Management"
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Magnuson Subcommittee
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Shad and River Herring Advisory Panel
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Atlantic Menhaden Management Board
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Commissioners' Economic Seminar
Purpose: to provide broad overview of the potential use of economic information and analysis in support of ASMFC fishery management goals & objectives.
10:00 AM - Noon Shad & River Herring Management Board
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Committee on Economics and Social Sciences
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Weakfish Management Board
Reports Technical Committee and Advisory Panel
Review & approve Draft Amendment 4 for Public Hearing
North Carolina flynet proposal update
Thursday, August 29, 2002
8:00 AM - Noon Spiny Dogfish & Coastal Shark Management Board
Reports of the Technical Committee (stock status update and updated risk analysis of management strategies) and Law Enforcement Committee (enforceability of proposed Spiny Dogfish FMP)
Review public comment on the Draft Interstate FMP for Spiny Dogfish
Select management options for the Final FMP
Update on scientific research/public display permits for sharks
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM ISFMP Policy Board
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Business Session (if necessary)