May 17, 2022 MRAC Meeting Agenda

The agenda for the Marine Resources Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday May 17 is below.  The meeting will start at 2:00 p.m. at the DEC’s Office in King’s Park, and a WebEx link is available for those that are unable to attend in person: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5b1e7adbc8de0aa7762dbc4899befe81

Additional details for joining the meeting are on DEC’s website: https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/568.html

Public Comment

Approval – Minutes of March 8, 2022 meeting

Barotrauma venting demonstration

• Carl Lobue and Brendan Runde (The Nature Conservancy)

Black Sea Bass and Scup management

• Letter sent to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo  (attached below)
• Letter send to Assistant Administrator of NOAA Fisheries Janet Coit (attached below)

ASMFC/MAFMC proposed recreational Harvest Control Rules

• Presentation by NYSDEC followed by MRAC discussion

Legislative concerns related to commercial fisheries

• 2022 Jonah Crab management
• George LaPointe Report

Also, because we did not have a Legislative review meeting, the DEC would like you to be aware they submitted a Departmental that included two GLP report recommendations.  Below are two bills that they would like you to be aware of:

• The Senate has introduced our Departmental as written and it is currently in Committee (S9024). (attached below)
• The Assembly took our Departmental, removed the GLP components, and that bill is also currently in Committee (A10193). (attached below)

SCUP 2022 Interstate MA-DE
BSB SCUP 2022 Interstate NH-VA