Overview

• Agenda

• Transcript

Agenda and Briefing Materials

Wednesday - February 19, 2014

• 9:00 – 9:20 Welcome/Introductions, Rick Robins/Sam Rauch

• 9:20 – 9:35 Remarks from leadership, Eileen Sobeck

• 9:35 – 10:05 NMFS Update, Eileen Sobeck

  • NOAA Fisheries Update Presentation for the 2014 Interim CCC

• 10:20 – 11:00 Council Report Round Robin, Chairmen/EDs

  • NEFMC

  • SAFMC

  • WPFMC

• 11:00 – 12:00 Management and Budget update, Paul Doremus

  • OMB Presentation to the Council Chairs Committee

• 1:30 – 2:15 Councils/Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Endangered Species Act Working Group Update, Julie Morris

  • Report from MAFAC on ESA Section 7 Recommendations on MSA Fishery Management Actions

• 2:15 – 3:15 Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Seafood Certification Process, Keith Rizzardi

  • Sustainable Fishery Certification: MAFAC Recommendations on a Role for NOAA

• 3:30 – 4:30 Fisheries Allocation, Sam Rauch

  • Fisheries Allocation

  • Allocation Working Group Terms of Reference

  • Review of Laws, Guidance, Technical Memorandums, and Case Studies Related to Fisheries Allocation Decisions

  • Crabtree Letter to Boyd

  • Rauch Letter to Lowman

• 4:30 – 5:30 National Science Programs Review

  • Program Reviews: Improving Our Science

  • Decision Tool for Determining Consequences of Management Choices

  • Implementing an Assessment Prioritization Process

Thursday, February 20, 2014

• 9:00 – 10:00 Electronic Monitoring Workshop Report, Dorothy Lowman/ Mark Holliday

  • National Electronic Monitoring Workshop Summary

  • Electronic Monitoring Subcommittee Terms of Reference

• 10:15 – 11:00 Revision of Operational Guidelines, Marian Macpherson

  • Operational Guidelines Project

  • Decision Matrix Handout

  • RFMC Overview Matrix Handout

  • Questions for Discussion Handout

  • Next Steps

• 11:00 – 12:00 Revisions to CCC Terms of Reference, Rick Robins  

  • May 2013 Terms of Reference for the Council Coordination Committee

  • National Scientific and Statistical Committee Presentation

• 1:30 – 2:30 MSA Reauthorization

  • Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization: “Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act“

• 2:45 – 3:45 NOAA’s Habitat Conservation Initiatives and Partnership Opportunities, Kara Meckley

  • NOAA’s Habitat Conservation Initiatives: Supporting Robust Fisheries

  • Habitat Agenda Overview Handout

  • Council Habitat Strategies Initiative Handout

• 3:45 – 4:30 Updates/Other Business, Rick Robins

  • CCC Action Items