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Agenda - Updated

1. Executive Director’s Report – Cate O’Keefe
a. Budget Overview (Document 1)
b. IRA funding and projects update
c. Council staff updates

2. Inter-Agency Updates – Cate O’Keefe
a. TMGC and US/CA Steering Committee – May 9 and 16
b. East Coast Climate Coordination Group – May 13-15, Charleston, SC
c. CCC – May 20-23, San Juan, Puerto Rico
d. NRCC – May 29-30, Alexandria, VA

3. Management Action Timelines – Cate O’Keefe (Document 2)

4. Council Operations Handbook Revisions – Cate O’Keefe (*Documents 3a-3c)
a. Revisions to Scallop RSA Program description
*3a. Scallop RSA Operations Handbook - July 2023
*3b Scallop RSA Operations Handbook Redline Changes 2024
*3c Scallop RSA Operations Handbook Revised June 2024

5. On-Demand Gear Conflict Working Group – Eric Reid (Document 4)
a. Progress and updates

6. Council Meeting Preparations – Eric Reid, Cate O’Keefe (Document 5)
a. Council Public Outreach – Tuesday 6/25
b. ME and NH state designees – Thursday 6/27

7. Comment Letters Submitted/In-Prep – Cate O’Keefe
a. Proposed Rule Confidentiality of Information – Submitted 4/22
b. NOAA Recreational Fisheries Data Collection Partnership – Submitted 4/29
c. NEFSC EFP On-Demand Gear Trials – Submitted 6/3

8. Other Business
a. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Fisheries (COFI)
i. Eric Reid to attend as the fishing industry representative on the U.S. Delegation
b.Scallop RSA Award Delay
i. Delays in surveys and potential impacts on data timing and survey time series
c. Cod Management Track Assessments
i. Peer Review June 18, 20-21
ii. Reports available: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov...

9. Closed Session for Council Executive Committee Members – Eric Reid