Overview

• Agenda

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Wednesday - January 13, 2010

• 8:30 - 11:00 Welcome Comments and Open Session with Councils, Jim Balsiger/Councils

  • Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Update

• 11:00 - 11:30 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Update, Sam Rauch/Steve Leathery

• 1:00 - 2:30 NOAA Catch Share Policy, Monica Medina/Mark Holliday

  • NOAA Catch Share Policy

• 2:30 - 3:30 Budget Issues, Gary Reisner/Alan Risenhoover

  • FY 2010 Council Funding

  • Regional Fishery Management Council Allocation

• 3:45 - 4:45 Budget Issues   (Continued), Gary Reisner/Alan Risenhoover/Pat Montanio

  • Coral Grants Program

  • Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program

• 4:45 - 5:15 Building a National System of Marine Protected Areas, Joe Uravitch

  • Building a National System of Marine Protected Areas - FMC Issues and Engagement

Thursday - January 14, 2010

• 8:30 - 9:15 Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year Review, Karen Abrams

  • Essential Fish Habitat 5-Year Reviews: What, Why, and How?

• 9:15 - 10:15 Report of the 2009 National Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC) Workshop, Rick Methot

  • 2009 National SSC Workshop: Establishing a Scientific Basis for Annual Catch Limits

• 10:30 - 11:30 Ocean Policy Task Force and Costal Marine Spatial Planning, Sam Rauch

  • Ocean Policy Task Force and Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

• 1:00 - 2:00 Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP), Gordon Colvin

  • MRIP User Guide for Managers

• 2:00 - 3:00 Other Issues, Alan Risenhoover/William Chappell

  • Standard Operating Policy & Procedures (SOPPs)

• 3:15 - 3:45 May Council Coordination Committee (CCC) Agenda, Chris Oliver

• 3:45 - 4:00 Wrap-up, Alan Risenhoover