Squid Workshop Summary Jason Didden MidAtlantic Fishery Management

Squid Workshop Summary Jason Didden Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Katie Latanich Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum

"Responsive Management" n Management strategies for responding to the widely variable seasonal and year to year fluctuations in squid abundance.

"Responsive Management" n Management-based solutions that improve the industry’s ability to utilize an existing quota n Identifying generally high abundance periods - "signposts" n "Cohort-based" & "real-time" strategies

Potential Management Changes n Effort/Capacity issues n Longfin trimesters & roll-overs n Trip notification (longfin) timing n Longfin notification triggers (pounds)

Potential Management Changes n Effort/Capacity issues Amendment n Longfin trimesters & roll-overs n Trip notification (longfin) timing n Longfin notification triggers (pounds)

Potential Management Changes n Effort/Capacity issues n Longfin trimesters & roll-overs n Trip notification (longfin) timing Specs/ n Longfin notification triggers (lbs) FW

Potential Management Changes n GRAs n Scup, Lobster, Tilefish, – Deep Water Corals (? ? ) (Frameworkable – Other Plans)

Potential Management Changes n Identify short-term steps to improve data availability in support of medium and longterm outcomes. – Staff white paper to extend workshop summary and keep momentum on issues

Vehicles for Changes n Federal Register Notice n Specifications n Frameworks n Amendments

Vehicles for Changes n Some measures designated for certain actions n Depends on how many measures at once n Depends on level of controversy n Council and NMFS staff evaluate potential actions and suggest appropriate vehicle

Vehicles n Federal Register Notice – Control dates (currently 2003) n Longfin & Illex: none, either, both

Vehicles n Specifications – Quotas – Trip limits – Seasonal quotas (rollover) – Gear restrictions – Accountability Measures – Any measures necessary to assure that quotas will not be exceeded

Vehicles n Frameworks Adjusting current measures not typically adjusted during specifications E. g. - Changing GRAs

Vehicles n Amendments – New measures – Substantial impacts n Allocations, Economic, Biological – Collections of alterations that would cumulatively result in major change for fishery

Potential Next Steps n AP Meeting Next Week n Port Meetings? (Cape May & Pt. Judith) n Specs process is spinning up…. ? n Control Date

Questions?