Please note that this meeting will begin at 11:00AM

 

1. Introductions and announcements
2. Review and approval of September agenda
3. Review and approval of August minutes
4. Executive Session (if needed)
5. Chairman’s comments
6. Commissioner’s comments
7. Director’s comments
8. Law enforcement report
   LUNCH
9. Action Items
   1. Final action on regulations to comply with Addendum XI to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for American lobster in LCMAs 2 & 3, but not to extend measures to the Outer Cape Cod LCMA at this time (amends 322 CMR 6.01 & 6.02);
   2. Final action on regulation to comply with ASMFC-approved six-weakfish recreational bag limit (amends 322 CMR 8.06);
   3. Final action on regulation to complement federal trip limits for mobile gear targeting Loligo squid (amends 322 CMR 6.39);
   4. Final action on regulations to prohibit finning of smooth dogfish and implement a 100-lb. smooth dogfish daily landing and possession limit (creates 322 CMR 6.41);
   5. Final action on emergency rule limiting the landing and possession of lobsters caught by gillnets in the Outer Cape Cod Lobster Conservation Management Area to an amount of lobsters that fit into two 3.9 cubic foot “lobster crates” not to exceed 100 lobsters (finalizes emergency amendment to 322 CMR 4.06 & 6.26).
10. Discussion Items
    1. Public hearings for ASMFC compliance criteria (black sea bass, bluefish, scup, and summer flounder)
    2. Update on federal recreational licensing & registry initiative
    3. Other business
11. Marine Fisheries Commissioner Comments

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