Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries

Commission

2025 Summer Meeting

8:00 am EDT

– 5:00 pm EDT,

Aug 5 –

Aug 7, 2025

Location:

Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22202

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Meeting Information

The 2025 ASMFC Summer Meeting will be Aug. 5–7 at the Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.

To register for the webinar, please go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8127397986650630485 (Webinar ID: 230-697-115). If you are joining the webinar but will not be using VoIP, you may also call in at +1 (914) 614-3221, access code 949-913-944. A PIN will be provided to you after joining the webinar. For those who will not be joining the webinar but would like to listen in to the audio portion only, press the # key when asked for a PIN.

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Public Comment

To ensure fair opportunity for public input, ASMFC meetings offer opportunities for verbal comments on non-agenda and agenda items. Written comments are accepted following a specific timeline for inclusion in meeting materials. Read the guidelines for more information.

Comment Guidelines

For issues that are not on the agenda, management boards will continue to provide opportunities to the public to bring matters of concern to the board’s attention at the start of each board meeting. Board chairs will ask members of the public to raise their hands to let the chair know they would like to speak. Depending upon the number of commenters, the board chair will decide how to allocate the available time on the agenda (typically 10 minutes) to the number of people who want to speak.

For topics that are on the agenda, but have not gone out for public comment, board chairs will provide limited opportunity for comment, taking into account the time allotted on the agenda for the topic.

Chairs will have flexibility in deciding how to allocate comment opportunities; this could include hearing one comment in favor and one in opposition until the chair is satisfied further comments will not provide additional insight to the board.

For agenda action items that have already gone out for public comment, it is the Policy Board’s intent to end the occasional practice of allowing extensive and lengthy public comments. Currently, board chairs have the discretion to decide what public comment to allow in these circumstances.

In addition, the following timeline has been established for the submission of written comments for issues for which the Commission has NOT established a specific public comment period (i.e., in response to proposed management action).You may submit public comment by attending a public hearing held in your state or jurisdiction or mailing, faxing, or emailing written comments to the address below. Only comments received at a public hearing or written comments submitted to the Commission will become part of the public comment record.

  • Comments received three weeks prior to the start of a meeting week (July 14) will be included in the briefing materials.
  • Comments received by 5 PM on Tuesday, July 29 will be included in supplemental materials.
  • Comments received by 10 AM on Friday, August 1 will be distributed electronically to Commissioners/Board members prior to the meeting.

Meeting Agenda

The agenda is subject to change. The agenda reflects the current estimate of time required for scheduled Board meetings. The Commission may adjust this agenda in accordance with the actual duration of Board meetings. Interested parties should anticipate Boards starting earlier or later than indicated herein.

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

10 AM – Noon — American Lobster Management Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (R. Zobel)                                                                             
  • Board Consent                                                                                                            
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from May 2025
  • Public Comment                                                                                                        
  • Update on On-Demand Gear Research and Technology (E. Matzen)                       
  • Update on Joint New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Alternative Gear Marking Amendment (A. Murphy)
    • American Lobster Advisory Panel Report (C. Starks)
  • Update from Maine and New Hampshire on Industry Meetings (C. Wilson, R. Zobel)  
  • Progress Update on American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment (T. Pugh)     
  • Other Business/Adjourn

Noon – 1:30 PM — Legislative and Governors’ Appointees Luncheon

Noon – 1:30 PM — Lunch Break

1:30 – 2:30 PM — American Eel Management Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (K. Kuhn)                                                                                
  • Board Consent                                                                                                             
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from October 2024
  • Public Comment                                                                                                          
  • Update on CITES Proposal to List American Eel under Appendix II (D. Hahn)            
  • Review and Consider Maine Aquaculture Plan for 2026 Fishing Year Action             .
    • Technical Committee Report (C. Starks)
  • Other Business/Adjourn

2:45 – 5 PM — Sciaenids Management Board

  • Consider Red Drum Draft Addendum II for Public Comment
  • Review 2025 Traffic Light Analyses for Spot and Atlantic Croaker
  • Consider Delaware Spot Commercial Measures Proposal
  • Consider Atlantic Croaker and Red Drum Fishery Management Plan Reviews and Compliance for 2024 Fishing Year

5:30 – 6:30 PM — ASMFC Public Outreach (Westin Lobby)

  • Informational Exchange among Commission Members, Staff, and Meeting Attendees; All are Welcome; Light Snacks

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

8 – 9:45 AM — Executive Committee

10 – 11 AM — Shad & River Herring Management Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (P. Edwards)                                                                        
  • Board Consent                                                                                                            
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from October 2024
  • Public Comment                                                                                                        
  • Advisory Panel Report (P. Lyons Gromen)                                                                 
    • 2024 River Herring Benchmark Assessment
  • Consider Shad and River Herring Sustainable Fishery Management Plan (SFMP) and Alternative Management Plan (AMP) Updates (M. Jargowsky) Action
    • Massachusetts SFMP (River Herring)
    • Florida AMP (Shad & River Herring)
    • Georgia SFMP (American Shad) and AMP (River Herring)
  • Elect Vice-Chair Action                                                                                                   
  • Other Business/Adjourn

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM — Weakfish Management Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (D. Haymans)                                                                        
  • Board Consent                                                                                                            
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from October 2019
  • Public Comment                                                                                                        
  • Consider 2025 Weakfish Stock Assessment Update Possible Action
    • Presentation of Stock Assessment Report (E. Levesque)   
    • Consider Management Response, if necessary (D. Haymans)     
  • Elect Vice-Chair (D. Haymans) Action
  • Other Business/Adjourn

12:15 – 1:15 PM — Lunch Break

1:15 – 5:30 PM — Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (M. Ware)                                                                            
  • Board Consent                                                                                                            
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from May 2025                                                             
  • Public Comment                                                                                                        
  • Consider Approval of FMP Review and State Compliance for the 2024 Fishing Year
    (E. Franke) Action
  • Report on Commercial Tagging Program Ten-Year Review (E. Franke)                    
  • Consider Approval of Draft Addendum III on Future Management Measures, Commercial Tagging, and Total Length Measurement for Public Comment (E. Franke) Action
    • Technical Committee Report on Stock Projections (T. Grabowski)
  • Other Business/Adjourn

Thursday, August 7, 2025

8:30 – 9:30 AM — Atlantic Menhaden Management Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (J. Clark)                                                                               
  • Board Consent                                                                                                            
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from May 2025
  • Public Comment                                                                                                        
  • Discuss Technical Committee Direction in Response to Work Group Report on Precautionary Management in Chesapeake Bay                                                                                        
  • Progress Update on 2025 Ecological Reference Point Benchmark Stock Assessment (K. Drew)           
  • Other Business/Adjourn

9:45 – 11:30 AM — Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board

  • Welcome/Call to Order (J. Cimino)                                                                        
  • Board Consent (J. Cimino)                                                                                      
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from February 2025
  • Public Comment                                                                                                     
  • Executive Committee Report (J. Cimino)                                                                
  • Review and Consider Conservation Equivalency: Policy and Technical Guidance Document (T. Kerns) Final Action
  • Discuss White Paper on Board Voting Practices and Procedures (R. Beal)           
  • Discussion of Nature- Friendly Fishing Gear and Bait Alternatives (T. Kerns)        
  • Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership Report (S. Kaalstad)                              
  • Review Noncompliance Findings, if necessary Action                                         
  • Other Business/Adjourn                                                                                     

11:30 – 11:45 AM — Commission Business Session

  • Welcome/Call to Order (J. Cimino)          
  • Board Consent                                                                                                            
    • Approval of Agenda
    • Approval of Proceedings from May 2025
  • Public Comment
  • Consider Noncompliance Recommendations, if necessary
  • Other Business/Adjourn