Meetings

Marine Resources Advisory Council Agenda

Wednesday  June 7th – 2:00 p.m. Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Room 120 Endeavour Hall

• Public Comment
• Approval of Minutes (March 7, 2023 & April 18, 2023)
• Regulatory Updates:
  • Shore based shark fishing
  • Striped bass gaff rule
  • Shad/Cobia
  • Recreational Cod
  • Part 38
• Update regarding unfilled Council seats
• Striped Bass emergency action
• Reciprocity for-hire party/charter permits between neighboring states
• Opening of Blackfish season in the Sound to coincide with the East End

The Marine Resources Advisory Council (MRAC) scheduled for Tuesday, May 23, 2:00 PM is being rescheduled for **Wednesday, June 7, 2:00 PM. The meeting will be held at Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Room 120 Endeavor Hall, Stony Brook, NY. The meetings are open to the public, and members of the public may address MRAC on marine resources issues.

Details on how to listen to the livestream of the meeting are available on DEC’s website. Attendees joining the livestream online or by phone are limited to listening only. A complete agenda for the meeting will be available prior to the meeting.

**Please note the changes:  this meeting will be held on a Wednesday in lieu of our typical Tuesday and at Stony Brook University instead of the DEC offices.

Marine Resources Advisory Council Agenda
March 7, 2023
2:00 p.m. DEC Offices – Kings Park

• Public Comment
• Minutes from January 24, 2023
• Recreational Scup & Black Sea Bass 2023 measures
• Rulemaking update
• Random Selection Results
• Blackfish Commercial Fishing Regulations
• Striped Bass MRIP – (coastwide) catch/landings

MRACAgenda2023-03-07

Marine Resources Advisory Council Agenda
January 24, 2023
6:00 p.m. DEC Offices – Kings Park

• Approval of Minutes – November 15, 2022
• Recreational Fisheries
  • Black Sea Bass and Scup update
  • Tautog season switch
• Commercial Fisheries
  • Commercial quota distribution
  • Tautog tags – update
  • Striped bass full and part shares (tentative)
• ASMFC Atlantic Striped Bass Addendum I – Voluntary transfer of commercial quota
• Regulatory Update
  • Recreational cod follow up
  • Commercial Cobia
  • Recreational striped bass gaffing
  • Commercial striped bass tags
• Sea Kelp Bill
• Enforcement Issue
  • Out of State non-grandfathered fishing vessels in NYS waters (70′ Law)
• Notices
  • ASMFC meeting (January 30 – February 2, Arlington, VA)
  • MAFMC meeting (February 7 – 9, 2023, Washington, D.C.)
  • Limited entry license random selection in February (February 15)
• Calendar Year 2023 – meeting dates

MRAC Agenda 2023-01-24

Marine Resources Advisory Council Agenda

Marine Resources Advisory Council Agenda

September 13, 2022

• Northern Puffer management
• 2022 Quota Management
• Updates:
  • Jonah Crab statutory change
  • Harvest Control Rule (percentage change approach)
  • Hudson Canyon Sanctuary Designation
  • Mako Sharks
  • Summer Flounder
  • Scup
  • Black Sea Bass
  • 2023 Renewals
• Announcements
  • Menhaden hearing
  • Mid-Atlantic Council meeting in Delaware
  • ASMFC annual meeting in New Jersey

Tomorrow’s MRAC meeting is cancelled.

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

THE APRIL 12th MRAC MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED!

Please note that due to a lack of quorum, tomorrow’s Council meeting scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at the DEC Offices in King’s Park has been cancelled.

The next meeting of the Marine Resources Advisory Council will be on April 12, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the DEC Division of Marine Resources 123 Kings Park Blvd, Kings Park

A link to listen to the meeting is available on DEC’s website.

• Public Comment
• Approval of March 8, 2022 Minutes
• Updates from DEC
• Legislative review
  • (A07191/S06581)(A07558/S06583)(A07710)(A07844)(S06996)(A5816/S05163)(S00684)(S04341)
  • (A07710) (A07844) (S6996) (A07558/S06583) (A07191/S06581) (A5816/S05163)
• HCR_FW_addenda_reference_guide_March2022ASMFC/MAFMC Harvest Control Rule Options
• Results of Long Island Commercial Fishing Survey – August Ruckdeschel

The next meeting of the Marine Resources Advisory Council will be on March 8, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the DEC Division of Marine Resources 123 Kings Park Blvd, Kings Park

A link to listen to the meeting is available on DEC’s website.

• Public Comments
• Approval – Meeting Minutes January 18, 2022
• Recreational management measures for 2022: Summer Flounder, Black Sea Bass and Scup
• Update on Whelk management
• Update on shark recreational fishing rules

*Due to the nature of the meeting’s agenda items, the DEC is expecting  large groups of interested parties.  While the new conference room is quite spacious, it may not be enough to handle the crowd expected.  We would encourage fishing clubs or fishing groups to send several  representatives to speak on their behalf.  This will ensure an orderly meeting where your opinions and voices can be heard.  Thank you.