The Council Coordination Committee met May 18-20, 2021 by webinar. This meeting was hosted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).

Transcripts

• Transcript - Day 1, May 18, 2021

• Transcript - Day 2, May 19, 2021

• Transcript - Day 3, May 20, 2021

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Tuesday, May 18, 2021—1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST

1:30 pm - 1:35 pm: Overview of WebEx Functions

1:35 pm - 1:40 pm: Opening of Meeting

• Approval of Agenda

• Approval of Minutes

  • Transcripts 09-23-2020

  • Transcripts 09-24-2020

• Welcome and Introduction

1:40 pm - 2:30 pm: NOAA Fisheries Update and Upcoming Priorities

• Administration Priorities/Transition (budget roll up)

• COVID-19 Operations and Reintegration Plans

• Post-Pandemic Council Operations Discussion

• Other

2:30 pm - 3:10 pm: NOAA Fisheries Science Update

• Fisheries Surveys Outlook and MRIP Catch Estimates (revised)

3:10 pm - 3:25 pm: BREAK

3:25 pm - 5:00 pm: Legislative Outlook

• Huffman/Case MSA reauthorization draft, HR59 (Young), etc

  • Congressman Young video

• Report from Committee Staff (tentative)

• CCC Legislative Workgroup Report

  • Minutes - CCC Legislative Workgroup Meeting, April 22, 2021

  • CCC Legislative Workgroup Report Presentation

  • RFMC Positions on MSA Reauthorization Issues, Working Paper, May 11, 2021

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm: Integration of ESA Section 7 with MSA

• Implementation Status of 2015 NMFS Policy Directive on the Integration of ESA Section 7 with MSA Processes Summary

• Integration of ESA Section 7 with MSA (Presentation)

5:15 pm - 5:30 pm: Public Comment 

• Letter from Net Gains Alliance

5:30 pm:  Adjourn

Wednesday, May 19, 2021—1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST

1:30 pm - 1:35 pm: Overview of WebEx Functions; Welcome Back Day 2

1:35 pm - 3:00 pm: Recent Executive Orders

• Update on Selected Executive Orders Applicable to the Work of NOAA Fisheries (Presentation)

• Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful (Presentation)

• E.O. 14008 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

• North Pacific Fishery Management Council Proposal to Form an Area-based Management CCC Subcommittee

3:00 pm - 3:40 pm: Offshore Wind Development

• BOEM & Councils engagement

  • DOI Opinion

  • Offshore Wind Energy Challenges and Opportunities (Presentation)

• Habitat Work Group Report

  • Summary of 2020 Activities and Proposed 2021 Priorities

3:40 pm - 3:55 pm: BREAK

3:55 pm - 4:40 pm: NS1 Draft Technical Memorandum on managing with ACLs for data-limited stocks & Update on working group products

• National Standard 1 – Technical Guidance Presentation

4:40 pm - 5:20 pm: 50 min. CCC Committees

• Council Member Ongoing Development (CMOD)

  • CMOD Steering Committee Presentation

• Communications Report

• NEPA Subcommittee

  • CCC NEPA Subcommittee Report (Presentation)

  • Report of the Council Coordination Committee’s Subcommittee on the National Environmental Policy Act

  • NOAA Guidance on NEPA functional equivalence and substitute procedures and documents

• Status of SCS-7

  • SCS 7 Briefing for CCC

  • OMB Memo to Executive Heads re: Promoting Public Trust in the Federal Government through Effective Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act and Stewardship of the Taxpayer Resources

• COFI Report

  • Request for the US to Address Area-Based Management Tools at the UN FAO Committee on Fisheries, Thirty-Fourth Session (COFI34)

  • 34th Committee on Fisheries (COFI34) - Presentation

5:20 pm: Public Comment 

5:30 pm:  Adjourn Day 2

Thursday, May 20, 2021—1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST

1:30 pm - 1:35 pm: Welcome Back Day 3

• 1:35 pm - 2:55 pm: Seafood Competitiveness, Marketing and Economic Growth

• Overview and Session Introduction

• E.O. 13921 Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth

  1. Section 4 Councils’ Recommendations Update

     1. Executive Order 13921 Section 4: NMFS Response to Regional Fishery Management Councils’ Recommendations Presentation

  2. Aquaculture Opportunity Areas (AOAs) Listening Sessions Feedback Update

     1. NOAA Fisheries Aquaculture Opportunity Area Updates Presentation

     2. Letter to Fishery Management Council Chairs from Paul Doremus

• Seafood Marketing efforts including MAFAC, National Seafood Council Recommendations

2:55 pm - 3:10 pm: BREAK

3:10 pm - 3:55 pm: Electronic Monitoring

• Draft Electronic Monitoring Procedural Directive on applying information law (e.g. FRA, FOIA, MSA confidentiality)

  • Applying Information Law to Electronic Monitoring Datain U.S Fisheries (Presentation)

3:55 pm - 4:15 pm: Policy and Procedural Directives on applying information law (FRA, FOIA, MSA confidentiality)

• Policy 01-116 Fishery Management Council Financial Disclosures and Recusal

• Policy 01-116-01 Procedures for Review of Fishery Management Council Financial Disclosures and Recusal Determinations

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Public Comment

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Break 

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Wrap-up and Other Business 

• CCC Outcomes and Recommendations

• Discussion of Next Meeting Dates for 2021 and 2022, Frequency and Schedule of future Council check-in calls

  • Future meeting dates of the Council Coordination Committee

5:30 pm:  Adjourn Day 3