The National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Sustainable Fisheries hosted a virtual meeting of the Council Coordination Committee (CCC) on January 18, 2022. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss implementation of Policy 01-117, Integration of Endangered Species Act Section 7 with Magnuson-Stevens Act Processes.

• Federal register notice

• Policy Directive: Integration of ESA Section 7 with MSA

Agenda

Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern

1. Consideration of changes to the process of integrating Section 7 of the Endangered Species Action with the Magnuson-Stevens Act

2. Public Comment

3. Wrap-up

Each Council will be given the opportunity to provide information about specific issues the Council is having in implementing the Policy Directive. NMFS will subsequently use the information discussed during the meeting along with information gathered internally to identify potential changes to the Policy or its implementation.

Contact: Lindsay Fullenkamp, lindsay.fullenkamp@noaa.gov.