June 2011 Council Meeting - Calendar

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

9:00 a.m. Introductions and Announcements (Council Chairman John Pappalardo)

9:05 Reports on Recent Activities - Council Chairman, Executive Director, NMFS Regional Administrator, NOAA General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons, and representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Enforcement/VMS, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Preliminary Catch and Landings Information for NEFMC FMP's

10:30 Review of Press Issues Paper (Patricia Fiorelli, NEFMC staff)

11:15 Review of Experimental Fishery Permit (EFP) Applications (Chris Kellogg, NEFMC staff)

11:30 Briefing on the U.S. Navy's Upcoming Operational and Training Activities (John Van Name, Naval Environmental Group)

12:00 p.m. Open Period for Public Comments

12:15 Lunch

1:30 National Standard 10 (NS10) Presentation and Discussion (Deb Lambert, NMFS Policy Analyst)

2:30 Enforcement Committee Report (Rodney Avila)

3:15 Cooperative Research Issues (Ryan Silva, NMFS Regional Office and Phil Haring, Council staff)

Public Session - Tuesday 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Cooperative Research Strategic Planning
Hosted by NMFS Cooperative Research Program Staff - Council Meeting Room
Opportunity for stakeholders and any member of the public who would like to comment, discuss ideas, critique or provide new information that may be considered in possible revisions to the cooperative research strategic plan

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

8:30 a.m. Overview of the Interim Report (May 2010 - January 2011) on the Performance of the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery (Drew Kitts and Dr. Matt Mcpherson, Northeast Fisheries Science Center staff)

10:00 Groundfish Committee Report (Rip Cunningham)

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:45 EFH Omnibus Amendment 2 Update (Michelle Bachman, Council staff)

2:30 Sea Scallop Update (David Pierce)

3:30 Monkfish Committee Report (Terry Stockwell)

Thursday, June 23, 2011

8:30 a.m. Management Process Review Discussion (John Pappalardo)

9:45 Scientific and Statistical Committee Report (SSC) Report (Dr. Jake Kritzer, SSC Vice Chair)

10:30 Skate Committee Report (David Goethel)

12:00 p.m. Lunch