Overview

• Agenda

• Correspondence

• Minutes

• Outcomes and Recommendations

• Summary of Outcomes and Recommendations

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Tuesday - May 1, 2012

• 1:30 - 1:45 Welcome and Introductions, Manuel Duenas/Samuel Rauch

  • 1.1 May 2012 CCC Meeting Agenda

  • 1.2 Federal Register Public Notice

  • 1.3 CCC Meeting Statement

  • 1.4 CCC Participant List

• 1:45 - 2:05 Opening Remarks, Sen. Daniel K Inouye (Invited)

• 2:05 - 2:25 Report from the US Coast Guard, Robert J Papp Jr, Admiral (Invited)

• 3:00 - 5:30 Council Reports: Status of Implementing Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions and Other Current Activities, Chairmen/EDs

  • 2.1 NEFMC Summary Report

  • 2.2 MAFMC Summary Report

  • 2.3 SAFMC Summary Report

  • 2.4 CFMC Summary Report

  • 2.5 GMFMC Summary Report

  • 2.6 PFMC Summary Report

  • 2.7 WPFMC Summary Report

  • 2.8 NS1 Guidelines Advance Notice of Proposed Rule

Wednesday - May 2, 2012

• 8:00 - 9:00 Panel Presentation and Discussion: Endangered Species Act Jeopardy Determination in Fisheries Management: Past, Present and Future

  • 3.1.1 Endangered Species Act Jeopardy Determinations in Fisheries Management: Past, Present, and Future

  • 3.1.2 Panelist Abstracts

  • 3.1.3 Panelist Biographies

  • 3.2.1 Case history: Hawaii longline fishery & sea turtle interaction

  • 3.2.2 Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery: ESA Section 7 Case Study

  • 3.2.3 Endangered Species Litigation and the Importance of Data

  • 3.2.4 Endangered Species and Litigation Realities

  • 3.2.5 Science and Credible Policy Determinations

• 9:00 - 10:00 Panel Discussion

• 10:15 - 11:00 Administration's Activities on CMSP/NOC, Sam Rauch/Paul Howard

  • 4.0 Administration’s activities on CMSP/NOC Discussion Points

  • 4.1 CMSP Activities

  • 4.2 Administration Activities on Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning & National Ocean Council -- Update

  • 4.3 Background Paper on the National Ocean Policy and Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning

  • 4.4 Letter: Businesses to NOP Chairman Rogers

  • 4.5 Letter: US House Committee to NOP Chairman Rogers

  • 4.6 Memo: NOP Implementation Guidance for FY 2013 Budget

  • 4.7 NROC CMSP Workshop Summary

  • 4.8 Another Step Toward Ocean Stewardship

• 11:00 - 12:00 Stock Assessments, MAC/Chris Moore/Rick Methot

  • 5.0 Synopsis of Stock Assessment Issues

  • 5.1.i1 4th National SSC Workshop Proceedings

  • 5.1.i2 4th National SSC Workshop Report Presentation

  • 5.1.ii1 Status of SSC Working Groups

  • 5.2.1 Stock Assessment Update Presentation

  • 5.2.2 Stocks Assessed by NMFS

• 1:30 - 2:15 Bycatch, Cooperative Research, Habitat, 5-year Council Research PlanFunding Opportunities for these Programs, Sam Rauch

  • 6.0 Synopsis of Bycatch, Cooperative Research, Habitat Issues

  • 6.1 NEFMC 5-Year Research Priorities

  • 6.2 MAFMC 5-Year Research Priorities

  • 6.3 SAFMC Research Priorities

  • 6.4 GFMC 5-Year Research Priorities

  • 6.5 NPFMC 5-Year Research Priorities

  • 6.6 PFMC Research Priorities

  • 6.7 WPFMC 5-Year Research Priorities

  • 6.1.1 11th National Stock Assessment Workshop Proceedings

  • 6.1.2 NMFS Habitat Assessment Improvement Plan

  • 6.1.3 Letter: WPFMC to NMFS-OST re: Cooperative Research

  • 6.1.4 Letter: NMFS-OST to WPFMC Reply

  • 6.1.5 Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program Call for Proposals

• 2:15 - 3:00 Report on the Success of MPAs for Fisheries, Bob Mahood

  • 7.1 MPAs in the South Atlantic Region PPT

  • 7.2 Effectiveness of MPAs for Fisheries Management in W.Pacific

  • 7.3 EO13178-NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

  • 7.4 EO13196-NWHI Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve Final

  • 7.5 77 FR 23464-MPA List Update

  • 7.6 Guam Restricted Access Map

  • 7.7 WPR Marine Protected Areas

• 3:00 - 4:00 President Obama's EO on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review; (E.O. 13563), Kitty Simonds

  • 8.1 EO 13563 - Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review

  • 8.2 76 FR 13549-Request for Information on Regulatory Burden

  • 8.3 WPFMC Comments on Regulatory Burden

  • 8.4 EO 13563 Presentation

  • 8.5 NPFMC Comment Letter on EO 13563

Thursday - May 3, 2012

• 8:00 - 8:45 Report on Legislation, Congressional

  • 9.1 WPFMC Congressional Legislation Report

  • 9.2 MA Senator John Kerry - Press Room

• 8:45 - 9:30 Litigation, Kathryn Kempton

  • 10.1 Legal Representation Excerpt from GMFMC to Adam Issenberg

• 9:30 - 10:15 Marginalization of Fisheries Through Competing Acts/ Authorities(MMPA, ESA, Sanctuaries, Monuments), WP Council

  • 11.1 Marginalization of fisheries through competing Acts

  • 11.2 Marginalization of fisheries through competing Acts Presentation

• 10:30 - 11:00 Communities and Indigenous Issues, WP Council

  • 12.1 EO 13602 on Strong Communities

  • 12.2 Addressing the Mandates of EO 13602

• 11:00 - 12:00 International Fisheries Management (TelCon), Russell Smith

  • 13.0 International Fisheries Management Discussion Points

  • 13.1 Letter: NMFS on WCPFC 8 Outcomes

  • 13.1.1 International Actions to Reduce IUU Fishing Presentation

  • 13.2.1 An Overview of Seafood Consumption and Supply Sources: Hawaii vs US

• 1:30 - 2:30 Budgets, Gary Reisner/Lindsay Fullenkamp

  • 14.1 CCC Budget Issues Presentation

  • 14.2 Relative Funding of NMFS-RFMCs Slide

• 2:30 - 3:30 Communications, Councils/NMFS, Laurel Bryant/Don McIsaac

  • 15.1 FMC communications meeting agenda

  • 15.1.1 Opportunities for Collaboration Presentation

  • 15.2 Synopsis of Communications Issues

  • 15.3.1 Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Purpose Statement

  • 15.3.2 Managing Our Nations Fisheries 3 Schedule

• 3:45 - 4:20 Program Review, Carrie Selberg/Don McIsaac

  • 16.1.1 Part 1 - MSA background and overview

  • 16.1.2 Part 2 - Council and Process

  • 16.1.3 Part 3 - Evolution of the process and Improvements

  • 16.2.1 PFMC Electronic Monitoring Discussion Paper

  • 16.2.2 Electronic Logbook Reporting in the Western Pacific Region

  • 16.2.3 Electronic Video Monitoring Currently Implemented Worldwide

  • 16.2.4 Meeting Monitoring Priorities in US Fisheries Presentation

• 4:20 - 4:45 MAFMC Visioning Project, Rick Robbins

  • 17.1 MAFMC Visioning Presentation

• 4:45 - 6:00 Administrative Matters, Stephen Bortone/Adam Issenberg/Manuel Duenas

  • 18.1 Fishery Management Council legal issues

  • 18.4.1 WPFMP Council Member Nomination