The Council Coordination Committee met May 15-18, 2017 in Gloucester, MA. This meeting was hosted by the New England Fishery Management Council at the Beauport Hotel.

Overview

• Transcript

• Revised CCC Terms of Reference, pdf version  I  Revised CCC Terms of Reference, Word version

Agenda and Briefing Materials

• Agenda

Tuesday - May 16, 2017

• 8:30 - 8:45 Welcome/Introductions, Dr. John Quinn/Samuel Rauch

• 8:45 - 9:15 NMFS Update and FY17 Priorities, Samuel Rauch

  • Catch Share Program Review Policy Guidance

• 9:15 - 10:45 Council Round Robin, Council Reps

  • Gulf of Mexico Council

  • Mid-Atlantic Council

  • New England Council

  • North Pacific Council

  • Pacific Council

  • South Atlantic Council

• 11:00 - 12:00 EM/ER Cost Allocation, Kelly Denit

  • Electronic Monitoring Cost Allocation

• 1:15 - 1:45 Legislative Update, Dave Whaley

• 1:45 - 2:45 Legislative Work Group Report - MSA Reauthorization, Gregg Waugh

  • Legislative Workgroup Overview Session

  • Pacific Council Comments on H.R. 200

  • Legislative Workgroup Meeting Report-March 31, 2017

  • Legislative Workgroup Meeting Report-April 21, 2017

  • CCC Draft MSA Working Paper (with track changes)

  • CCC Draft MSA Working Paper

  • CCC Section-by-Section Analysis of H.R. 200

  • H.R. 200 Complete Bill

  • H.R. 2023 - The Modern Fishing Act of 2017

• 3:00 - 4:00 Legislative Work Group Report (continued), Gregg Waugh

• 4:00 - 4:45 National Monuments and Sanctuaries, Kitty Simonds

  • Presidential Executive Order Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy

  • Presidential Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act

  • DOI Press Release on Monument Review

  • CCC Letter to President Trump

  • NOAA's Regulation of Fishing in National Marine Sanctuaries

  • Protocol for Cooperative Sanctuary Management

  • Regulating Fishing Activity in the SBNMS

• 4:45 - 5:00 Review/Follow-Up

Wednesday - May 17, 2017

• 8:30 - 9:30 NOAA GC Overview of Recent Legal Actions, Adam Issenberg

  • Fisheries Litigation Update

• 9:30 - 10:30 Conflict of Interest Policy Guidance, Adam Issenberg

• 10:45 - 11:45 Science Update (Best Scientific Information Available; Stock Assessment Improvement Plan), Dr. Cisco Werner

  • BSIA Draft Document Presentation

  • Framework for Determining that Fishery Management Decisions are Based on BSIA

  • Implementing a Next Generation Stock Assessment Enterprise

• 11:45 - 12:15 SCS-6 Update, Chuck Tracy

  • SCS Planning Progress Report

• 1:30 - 2:45 Recreational Fisheries Overview (Round Table Summaries; Alternative Management Concepts; ACL Tracking; Catch Estimation), Russell Dunn, Dr. Cisco Werner, Andy Strelcheck, Gregg Waugh

  • Topic Overview

  • Saltwater Recreational Fisheries Update

• 3:00 - 4:00 Council Habitat Initiatives, Dr. Chris Moore, Michelle Bachman, Jessica Coakley

  • Habitat Work Group Update

  • Council Habitat Initiatives Overview

• 4:00 - 5:00 Enforcement Overview, James Landon, Commander Jay Caputo

  • NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Programs and Operations

  • U.S. Coast Guard Fisheries Law Enforcement

  • U.S. Coast Guard Living Marine Resource Enforcement Activities for FY16

• 5:00 - 5:15 Review/Follow-Up, Dr. John Quinn

• 5:15  ADJOURN

Thursday - May 18, 2017

• 8:30 - 9:30 National Standard 1 Guidelines - Questions and Clarifications, Alan Risenhoover, Emily Menashes

  • NS1 Presentation

  • CCC NS1 Questions

  • Questions and Responses

• 9:30 - 10:30 Management and Budget Update, Brian Pawlak

  • Management and Budget Update

• 10:45 - 11:30 Fishery Independent Data Funding Outlook, Brian Pawlak

  • Session Overview

  • Fishery Independent Data Funding

• 11:30 - 12:00 International Negotiations and Appointments, Kitty Simonds

  • International Negotiations and Appointments

  • North Pacific Fisheries Convention Letter

• 1:15 - 1:45 Follow-Up on Previous CCC Discussions, Dr. John Quinn

• 1:45 - 2:30 Regulatory Review - E.O. 13777, Alan Risenhoover

  • Regulatory Reform E.O.'s and Current Regulatory Reviews

  • E.O. 13771

  • E.O. 13777

  • E.O. 13771 Guidance

• 2:45 - 3:30 Council Work Group Discussion (Report of AO Meeting; Report of Senior Staff Meeting; Work Group Organization), Michael Collins, Chris Kellogg, Tom Nies

  • CCC Work Groups

• 3:30 - 4:30 Meeting Wrap-Up/Next Meeting Planning, Dr. John Quinn

  • Presentation

• 4:30  - ADJOURN -