Overview

• Agenda

• Transcript - Day 1

• Transcript - Day 2

• Public Comments

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

• 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome/Introductions, Kevin Anson/Eileen Sobeck

• 9:15 – 9:30 NMFS Update, Eileen Sobeck

• 9:30 – 10:30 Council Report Round Robin, Chairmen/EDs

  • GMFMC Report

  • NEFMC Report

  • SAFMC Report

  • MAFMC Report

  • PFMC Report

  • WPFMC Report

• 10:45 – 11:45 Management and Budget Update, Paul Doremus

• 11:45 – 12:15 Overview of S/K FY14-15 Grant Process – Role of Councils and Commissions, Paul Doremus/Brian Pawlak

• 1:45 – 2:30 Legislative Outlook, Rob Moller

  • Membership of NOAA-Related U.S. Senate and House of Representatives Committees and Subcommittees

• 2:30 – 4:00 National Standard 1

  • Proposed Revisions to the MSA National Standard 1, 3, & 7 Guidelines

  • NS1, 3, & 7 Proposed Rule

• 4:15 – 4:45 Presidential Task Force on Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud, Eileen Sobeck

• 4:45 – 5:30 Update on MSA Operational Guidelines, Marian Macpherson

  • Operational Guidelines Project

  • Operational Guidelines for the Fishery Management Process

Thursday, February 19, 2015

• 9:00 – 10:00 NMFS Climate Science Strategy, Roger Griffis

  • Draft Climate Science Strategy Presentation

  • Climate Science Strategy (Draft)

  • National Climate Science Strategy Federal Register Notice

• 10:15 – 10:45 Report on Science Centers 2013 Data Program Review and 2014 Assessment Program Review, Richard Merrick

• 10:45 – 11:45 Electronic Monitoring Implementation Plans, George Lapointe

• 11:45 – 12:00 Fisheries Forum Information Network (FFIN), John Henderschedt

• 1:30 – 2:15 Habitat Workgroup Update and Future Planning, Jessica Coakley-MAFMC/Terra Lederhouse-NMFS-HC

  • CCC Habitat Workgroup: Update and Next Steps

  • CCC Habitat Workgroup Update

• 2:15 – 4:00 Council Workgroup Updates, Councils

  • Integrating National Environmental Policy Compliance into a Reauthorized MSA

  • Fisheries Allocation Review

  • Criteria for Initiating Fisheries Allocation Reviews

  • Steps in the Adaptive Management of Allocations (Diagram)

  • Issues for Consideration When Reviewing and Making Allocation Decisions

• 4:15 – 4:30 Wrap up and next meeting, Kevin Anson