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NOTE: The agenda below contains links to documents that were prepared specifically for review panel members. Some contain comments directed toward the review panel and steer the reviewers to additional reference documents.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 – Day 1

9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks

  • Council Chairman’s welcome – Dr. John Quinn (Council Chair)
  • Introductions and agenda review – Dan Hull (Meeting Chair, North Pacific Fishery Management Council, NPFMC)
  • Review of Terms of Reference - Tom Nies (Council Executive Director)

9:45 Perspectives from Managers, Scientists, and Stakeholders

Terms of Reference 1 (Foundations of Fishery Management) and 2 (Council Operating Model)

10:15 Block 1: Legislation and Policy

11:00 Break

11:15 Block 1: Legislation and Policy (continued)

  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Block 1 include TORs #: 1a, 1b, and 1c.

12:10 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:10 Block 2: Overall Model, Priorities, Management Actions & Public Participation

  • Presentation – Tom Nies (Council Executive Director), Deirdre Boelke (Council Staff),
  • Presentation - Kim Gordon (Fisheries Forum)
  • Review Panel Q & A
  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Block 2 include TORs #: 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2f.
  • Additional Documents Relative to this Block

3:05 Break

3:20 Block 3: Support and Coordination

  • Presentation – Tom Nies (Council Executive Director)
  • Presentation - Kim Gordon (Fisheries Forum)
    • Panelists – Dr. John Quinn (Council Chair), Dr. Eric Thunberg (Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NEFSC), Dr. Jim Weinberg (NEFSC), Mike Ruccio (Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, GARFO), Terry Stockwell (Council Vice-Chair), Peter Hughes (Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, MAFMC), Jason McNamee (Council Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Chair)
  • Review Panel Q & A
  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Block 3 include TORs #: 1e, 2d, and 2e.
  • Additional Documents Relative to this Block

5:30 Adjourn public meeting

5:45 Executive session

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 – Day 2

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

  • Welcome and agenda review – Dan Hull (Meeting Chair, NPFMC)

8:35 Block 4: Data and Performance Metrics

10:30 Break

Term of Reference 3 (Recent Management Actions)

10:45 Scallop Framework 27

  • Presentation – Deirdre Boelke (Council Staff)
    • Panelists – Mary Beth Tooley (O’Hara Corporation), Peter Hughes (MAFMC), Moira Kelly (GARFO), Peter Christopher (GARFO), and Travis Ford (GARFO)
  • Review Panel Q & A
  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Scallop FW 27 include TOR # 3a – e.
  • Additional Documents Relative to this Block

12:45 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:45 Groundfish Amendment 18

  • Presentation – Dr. Rachel Feeney (Council Staff)
    • Panelists – Terry Stockwell (Council Vice-Chair), Maggie Raymond (Associated Fisheries of Maine), Ben Martens (Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association), Sarah Heil (GARFO), Mark Grant (GARFO), Mike Simpkins (NEFSC), and Chad Demarest (NEFSC)
  • Review Panel Q & A
  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Groundfish A18 include TOR # 3a – e.
  • Additional Documents Relative to this Block
  • A18 Correspondence - Ben Martens

3:15 Break

3:30 Groundfish Amendment 18 (continued)

  • Review Panel Deliberations

4:30 Adjourn public meeting

4:45 Executive session

Thursday, March 15, 2018 – Day 3

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

  • Welcome and agenda review – Dan Hull (Meeting Chair, NPFMC)
  • Report out on Day 2 Executive Session

Term of Reference 3 (Recent Management Actions), continued

9:00 Small-Mesh Multispecies Specifications (2015-2017)

  • Presentation – Andrew Applegate (Council Staff)
    • Panelists – Vincent Balzano (Council Member), David Goethel (F/V Ellen Diane), Moira Kelly (GARFO), Peter Burns (GARFO), Cynthia Hanson (GARFO), Russ Brown (NEFSC), and Tammy Murphy (NEFSC)
  • Review Panel Q & A
  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Small-Mesh Multispecies Specs include TOR # 3a – e.
  • Additional Documents Relative to this Block

10:15 Break

10:30 Herring Amendment 5

  • Presentation – Lori Steele (West Coast Seafood Processors Association, Former Council Staff)
    • Panelists – Doug Grout (Council Member) and Jennie Bichrest (Purse Line Bait), Peter Christopher (GARFO), Carrie Nordeen (GARFO), and Ming-Yang Lee (NEFSC)
  • Review Panel Q & A
  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on Herring Amendment 5 include TOR # 3a – e.
  • Additional Documents Relative to this Block

12:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30 Perspectives from Managers, Scientists, and Stakeholders

Term of Reference 4 (Understanding the Issues and Developing Preliminary Recommendations - TORs 1-3)

2:00 Term of Reference 4

  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on TOR 4 include responding to questions # 4a-e.

3:00 Break

3:15 Term of Reference 4 (continued)

  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations

4:45 Adjourn public meeting

5:00 Executive session

Friday, March 16, 2018 – Day 4

8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks

  • Welcome and agenda review – Dan Hull (Meeting Chair, NPFMC)
  • Report out on Day 3 Executive Session

Term of Reference 5 (Recommendations and Implementation)

9:00 Term of Reference 5

  • Review Panel Deliberations
    • Deliberations on TOR 5 include responding to questions TOR 5 # 1 & 2a.

10:30 Break

10:45 Term of Reference 5 (continued)

  • Public Comment
  • Review Panel Deliberations

12:30 Adjourn public meeting

1:30 Executive session


This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 USC 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.