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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
9:00 a.m. Introductions and Announcements (Chairman Rip Cunningham)
9:05 Swearing in of new and reappointed Council members (John Bullard, NOAA/NMFS Regional Administrator)
9:10 Election of 2012-2013 Council Officers
10:00 Reports on Recent Activities
Council Chairman, Executive Director, NMFS Regional Administrator, NMFS consultation on an upcoming proposed rule for an exempted spiny dogfish fishery, NOAA General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons, and representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, NMFS Enforcement/VMS, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Northeast Regional Ocean Council
11:45 U.S. Coast Guard Report on Recent Activities Followed by Remarks from New First District Commander Rear Admiral Daniel Abel
12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:15 Review of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Draft Strategic Plan
2:00 The Use of Sociocultural Information in the NEFMC process
Presentation of recent staff findings followed by Q and A and discussion
2:45 Spiny Dogfish Committee Report
3:15 Monkfish Committee Report
3:45 Enforcement Committee Report
4:15 Public Listening Session with NOAA/NMFS Regional Administrator John Bullard
5:15 Meeting Adjourned Until Wednesday Morning
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
9:15 Scientific and Statistical Committee Report
10:45 Herring Committee Report
12:15 Lunch
1:15 Herring Agenda Items - Con'td from morning session
3:45 Transboundary Resource Assessment Committee (TRAC) Report
4:45 Transboundary Management Guidance Committee (TMGC) Report
Thursday, September 27, 2012
8:00 a.m.Small Mesh Multispecies Control Date
8:30 Groundfish Oversight Committee Report
12:00 p.m.Lunch Break
2:30 Initial discussion of 2013 Management Priorities
3:30 Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Report
4:30 Other Business