Meetings

AGENDA – March 26th

• Minute approval for January 22, 2019 Council meeting
• Public Comment
• Update on joint meeting of the ASMFC and MAFMC
  • Summer flounder
  • Black sea bass
  • Scup
• Striped Bass assessment update and potential management
• Update: New York Commercial Marine Licensing Effort (George LaPointe)**

**Note: the report is not completed and will not be released for the March meeting.

* Please see Chairman Michael Frisk’s Memo regarding the March 26, 2019 MRAC meeting.

Agenda – MRAC Meeting

•  Approval of November 13, 2018  Minutes
• Brief updates on Licensing Review & Revision and NYS’s Commercial Fluke Lawsuit
• Brief update on 2019 recreational fisheries so far (fluke, scup, black sea bass – impacted by federal shutdown)
•  A brief presentation by August Ruckdeschel regarding Commercial Fisherman survey
• Striped Bass – John Mihale will be leading the discussion
• Carol Hoffman will provide information on the latest assessment and 2018 commercial fishery performance
• Commercial season rulemaking
• Commercial Quota Distribution Plans
• Whelk Minimum Size Limit

2:00 PM NYS DEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket

• Announcements
• Public Comment
• Approval of September 24, 2018 Minutes
• Commercial license renewals for 2019
• General updates for upcoming meetings/actions regarding multiple species (MAFMC and ASMFC)
• Updates for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass
• Discussion regarding email/mail NYSDEC notifications
• Council meeting calendar for 2019

2:00 PM NYS DEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket

AGENDA

• Public Comment on non-agenda items
• Announcements
• Approval of Minutes from May 8, 2018 (2:00 p.m. meeting and 5:00 p.m. meeting)
• Presentation by David Baard, NOAA Affiliate – MRIP Data
• Updates:
  • Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council August meeting
  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission August meeting

The focal point of the Tuesday July 10th meeting was going to be centered around the MRIP data​, which is unfortunately not yet available. Jim and Mike thought it best to cancel this month’s meeting. The MRIP discussion will pick up at the September meeting.

Please remember the day and date were changed to accommodate the representative from MRIP.  The day/date is Monday, September 24th – 2:00 p.m. at the DEC Offices.

Best wishes for an enjoyable summer.  Be safe!

Happy Fishing-
Kim

The next ​​Marine Resources Advisory Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8th. Since the Legislative Review meeting was cancelled because of the Governor’s Press Announcement, the ​B​ills that were to be discussed has been added to May’s meeting.

The meeting will take place in 2 parts and at the ​NYS​DEC Offices – 205 Belle Mead Road​, East Setauket​

Part 1 – ​​2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.- Legislative Review (Bills noted below and I have attached copies as well)

​Dinner break​

Part 2 – ​​5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Agenda

• Black Sea Bass Update
• Updates from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting
• Update on Sharks/Squid/Cod Proposed Rules
• New Terrapin Excluder Device requirements and affects
• Marine Registry Permits (Actual printed copy vs. screen shot on phone) Clarification as to what is accepted

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Departmental Bills for:

• American Lobster
• Atlantic and Shortnose sturgeon
• Atlantic cod
• Black Sea Bass
• Scup
• Sharks
• Squid
• Summer flounder
• Winter flounder

Bills under review:
#S1153 – Proposing an amendment to the Constitution, in relation to the right to hunt, trap and fish (in ​C​ommittee)
#S2602 – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the disposal of dredged spoils containing toxic pollutants into the waters of the marine district (on floor calendar)
#S3003 – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to party and charter boat licenses (passed Senate not Assembly)
#S3197 – An Act in relation to directing the state attorney general to bring any and all legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or interstate agency challenging existing inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen (on floor calendar)
#​A3262 – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to allowing fishing guides and individuals holding a party or charter boat license to issue certain licenses (in ​C​ommittee)
#S3820 – – A – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to establishing a commercial fisheries accessibility task force and providing for its powers and duties; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof (in ​C​ommittee)
​#S4820 – An Act to amend the tax law, in relation to exempting fuel used in vessels used directly and predominantly in a business providing sport fishing opportunities for hire to the general public from the tax on petroleum businesses and from sales and compensating use taxes (in Committee)
#S5747 – A – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to commercial fishing licenses (signed by Governor)
#S6534 – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the management of certain marine species by order, crab permits, and whelk sales (in ​
C​committee)
​#S7996 – An Act to amend the environmental​ conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American lobster; and to amend chapter 305 of the laws of 2013 amending the environmental conservation law, relating to the management of American lobster, in relation to the effectiveness thereof (in Committee)
​#S4817 – A6312 – An Act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to recreational and commercial spearfishing in New York’s marine and ​coastal waters

• Public Comment
• Approval of Minutes – January 23, 2018
• Update on black sea bass, summer flounder, scup and tautog
• NY Commercial Quota Distribution
• For-hire compliance​

2:00 PM NYSDEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket

• Public comment
• Approval of Minutes – November 8, 2017
• NY Commercial Quota Distribution
• Updates – Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass
• Tautog Management
• Update – Licensing Issue
• 2018 Meeting Schedule

​Agenda – WEDNESDAY, November 8, 2017​

• Updates ASMFC and MAFMC:
  1. ASMFC Tautog Amendment 1
  2. Black Sea Bass Recreational fishery in Wave 1
  3. American Lobster
• Commercial striped bass harvest size limit
• Safe Harbor Issue
• Commercial Licensing Meeting
• MRIP Wave 4 harvest estimates
• For Hire Non-Compliance
• Jonah Crab Management
• Shark/Cod/Squid Management

When: Tuesday, September 12, 2017
When: 2:00 p.m.
Where: NYSDEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket

• Public Comment on non-agenda items
• Approval of July 18, 2017 meeting Minutes
• Updates
  • Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council August Meeting
  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission August Meeting
  • Tautog – Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan
  • New Jersey non-compliance issue