Overview

• Agenda

• Transcript

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Wednesday - February 24, 2016

• 8:30 - 9:00 Welcome/Introductions, Carlos Farchette/Eileen Sobeck

• 9:00 - 9:20 NMFS Update, Eileen Sobeck

• 9:20 - 10:20 Management and Budget Update, Paul Doremus

  • Management and Budget Update: FY2016 - FY2017

• 10:35 - 11:20 Overview of S/K FY15-16 Grant Process, Paul Doremus

  • Overview of S/K FY15-16 Grant Process

• 11:20 - 12:00 Legislative Outlook, NOAA OLIA/Dave Whaley

• 1:30 - 2:15 Electronic Monitoring Update, George LaPointe

  • Electronic Technologies Update

• 2:15 - 3:15 Observer Program and Electronic Monitoring Funding Update, Jane DiCosimo

  • National Observer Program Budget Summary to the Council Coordination Committee

• 3:30 - 4:30 Bycatch Strategy Update, Samuel Rauch

  • National Bycatch Update

  • Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology

  • Draft National Bycatch Reduction Strategy

• 4:30 - 5:00 NMFS and NOAA General Counsel Review of Council Conflict of Interest Regulations, Adam Issenberg

Thursday - February 25, 2016

• 9:00 - 10:15 Catch Share Program Review Guidance, Alan Risenhoover

  • Draft Guidance on 5/7 Year Reviews of Catch Share Programs

  • Council Comments on Draft Guidance

• 10:30 - 11:30 NMFS Science Update, Ned Cyr

• 11:30 - 12:00 American Fisheries Society Presentation, Tom Bigford

  • The Future of the Nation’s Aquatic Resources: Recommendations for the Next Administration

• 1:15 - 1:45 SAFMC Citizen Science Workshop, Michelle Duval

  • SAFMC Citizen Science Initiative

• 1:45 - 2:15 Current Status of CCC Workgroups and Subcommittees, Carlos Farchette

  • Summary: Habitat Workgroup Recent Activities

• 2:15 - 3:15 Other Business, Wrap Up, and Next Meeting, Carlos Farchett