Meetings

• 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

When: Tuesday, July 18, 2017
When: 6:00 p.m.
Where: School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University  Endeavour Hall, room 120

Long Island Expressway (LIE, I-495) to exit 62 (Nicolls Road/County Route 97). North on Nicolls Road for about 9 miles, crossing Route 347 to 2nd traffic light north of 347. Make a left at light (South Entrance) onto South Drive. At the next light, make a right turn onto Marburger Drive. Less than 500’ turn right into Marine Sciences entrance, and immediately bear right. Follow the road to the School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences and Endeavour Hall. You can park your car in the lot between Discovery & Endeavour Halls.

• Public Comment
• Approval of Draft Minutes from May 16, 2017
• Artificial Reef Program
• Tautog – Amendment 1

NYSDEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket

Tentative Agenda

Public Comment on non-agenda items

Approval of Minutes from April 18, 2017

• 11:00AM
• 1:15PM
• 2:00PM

Updates from May’s ASMFC meeting:

• Black Sea Bass
• Summer Flounder
• Striped Bass
• Atlantic menhaden
• Tautog
• Scup
• American lobster

Jonah Crab management

Brief update on Northern Puffer

NYSDEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Open meeting – Due to the cancellation of March’s meeting we will give an update on Tautog, Black Sea Bass and Summer Flounder.

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Break for lunch

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Closed session for Councilors only.  We will be going over voting procedures (quorum requirements), Council vacancies and attendance expectations.

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Open meeting consisting of Legislative Review (current and pending Legislation).

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

• Public Comment on non-agenda items
• Approval of November 15, 2016 and January 17, 2017 Minutes
• Updates:
  • Tautog
    • Recreational Management Measures
    • Status of spring season
    • Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan
  • Black Sea Bass
    • Recreational management measures
  • Summer Flounder
    • Recreational management measure
• Discussion on potential agenda topics for the April Meeting:
  • MRAC procedures

Agenda 3-21-17 PDF

2:00PM

NYSDEC Offices, 205 Belle Mead Road, East Setauket, NY

AGENDA

• Public comment on non-agenda items
• Approval of November’s minutes
• Updates on Black Sea Bass management
• Updates on Summer Flounder management
• Presentation by Greg Matzat from NYSERDA – “New York Offshore Wind”
• Other Business