January 2021 Groundfish Committee

Management Status
Committee Meeting Memo
Committee Meeting Agenda

1. Groundfish Committee motions for Council meeting (to be provided)

2. Presentation: Council staff 

3. Framework Adjustment 61/Specifications and Management Measures
a. Draft alternatives, January 2021
b. Memo from Groundfish PDT to Committee re FW61 draft environmental impacts analysis for a universal sector exemption for redfish
c. Memo from Groundfish PDT to Committee re follow-up on FW61 universal sector exemption for redfish
d. Council Decision Document for Framework Adjustment 61 
e. Council Staff memo to GF CMTE re FW61 redfish exemption draft EFH impacts analysis

4. Recreational measures for fishing year 2021
a. Preliminary data summary and information, NEFSC
b. Groundfish PDT to Groundfish Committee memo re possible recreational measures for FY2021 for Gulf of Maine cod and Gulf of Maine haddock

5. Limited Entry Strawman for Party/Charter Recreational Groundfish
a. Presentation
b. Summary Report with Appendices

6. Presentation: Update on work to revise ABC control rules for groundfish stocks

7. Atlantic Cod Stock Structure
a. Presentation
b. Summary of proposed working groups/workshops

8. Meeting Summaries
a. Recreational Advisory Panel, meeting motions, Jan. 20, 2021
b. Groundfish Advisory Panel, meeting motions, Jan. 20, 2021
c. Groundfish Committee, meeting motions, Jan. 26, 2020 

9. Correspondence
a. Additional Correspondence

10. Groundfish ABC Control Rule RFP