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Tuesday, June 11, 2019
9:00 a.m. Introductions and Announcements (Chairman Dr. John Quinn)
9:05 Reports on Recent Activities - Council Chairman, Council Executive Director, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) Regional Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Enforcement
10:45 Habitat Committee Report (Doug Grout)
12:15 p.m. Open Period for Public Comment - Opportunity for the public to provide brief comments on issues relevant to Council business but not listed on this agenda (please limit remarks to 3-5 minutes)
12:30 Lunch Break
1:45 Atlantic Herring (Peter Kendall)
3:00 Scallop Committee Report (Vincent Balzano)
5:00 Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program Review (Dr. Mike Sissenwine)
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
8:30 a.m. NEFSC Fishery Monitoring and Research Division (Amanda McCarty, Anna Mercer, Amy Martins, NEFSC)
9:30 Small-Mesh Multispecies (Whiting) (Terry Alexander)
10:30 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) (Dr. Jason McNamee)
11:00 Groundfish Committee Report (Terry Stockwell)
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:45 Groundfish Committee Report Continued
3:30 Addressing Recreational Fishing Issues (Executive Director Tom Nies)
4:00 Modern Fish Act (Sarah Heil, GARFO)
4:30 South Atlantic Electronic Vessel Reporting Requirements (George Lapointe, NOAA Fisheries contractor)
4:45 NOAA Fisheries Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Actions (Tom Warren, NOAA Fisheries)
5:15 Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel, ICCAT (Rick Bellavance)
Thursday, June 13, 2019
8:30 a.m. Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management (EBFM) Committee Report (John Pappalardo)
10:30 Monkfish Report (Libby Etrie)
11:00 Commercial Electronic Vessel Trip Reports (eVTRs) (Staff)
11:30 Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (ALWTRT) (Mike Asaro, GARFO)
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 Skate Committee Report (Dr. Matt McKenzie)
2:45 GARFO/NEFSC Joint Strategic Plan (Kim Damon-Randall, GARFO)
3:30 Other Business
This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 USC 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.