January 21, 2020 MRAC Meeting

The next MRAC meeting will be Tuesday, January 21st at 2:00 p.m. at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, 205 Belle Meade Road, East Setauket, NY. We will determine the remainder of the 2020 meeting dates at that meeting.

MRAC Meeting January 21, 2020 Agenda

• • Public Comment

• • Approval of Draft Minutes of November 19, 2019 Meeting
  • Commercial Quota Management PDF:
    • Fluke
    • Scup
    • Black Sea Bass
    • Bluefish
    • Horseshoe Crab
  • Striped Bass Conservation Equivalency Proposals:
    • Commercial
    • Recreational
    • Timeline
  • 2020 Recreational Bluefish Regulations
  • Notifications (i.e. brief discussions):
    • Feb ASMFC Board meeting
    • Feb MAFMC meeting
    • Scoping Hearing for Fluke/Scup/Black Sea Bass/Bluefish Commercial/Recreational allocation amendment (MAFMC)
  • Rulemakings:
    1. Commercial Tautog Tagging
    2. Multi-state limits (winter fluke)
    3. Commercial whelk (min. size limit)
    4. Mako shark, Atlantic cod, Squid trip limits, and other.