The Council Coordination Committee will meet May 19-21, 2026, in the Quarterdeck Room at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. Access the meeting virtually at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83892757346. Additional details will be posted as they become available.
Agenda and Briefing Materials
Monday, May 18, 2026
6:00 – 8:00 PM: Meeting Registration and Social at Land’s End Captain’s Quarters
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Meeting Registration
1:00 PM: CCC Convenes
1. 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM: Welcome and Introductions – Angel Drobnica, NPFMC/Eugenio Piñeiro Soler, NOAA Fisheries
Adoption of Agenda
2. 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM: MSA 50th Anniversary – Emily Muehlstein, GFMC
3. 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM: Council Priorities and Needs – RFMCs
All-Council presentation – Angel Drobnica, NPFMC
Round Robin by Council – RFMC Members
– Break 3:15 PM to 3:30 PM AKDT –
4. 3:30 PM – 4:45 PM: NOAA Fisheries Update and FY 26/27 Priorities – Eugenio Piñeiro Soler / Sam Rauch, NOAA Fisheries
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Public Comment* (see instructions below)
5:00 pm – 5:10 pm: Brief on Coast Guard Operations in the Arctic District – LCDR Jed Raskie, U.S. Coast Guard
– RECESS –
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
5. 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: Budget and Council Funding Update – Brian Pawlak and Dan Namur, NOAA Fisheries
6. 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Executive Order 14276 – Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness – Sam Rauch and Jenni Wallace, NOAA Fisheries
Agency planning and summary of comments
– Break 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM AKDT –
7. 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM: NOAA Fisheries Science Updates – Evan Howell, NOAA Fisheries
– Lunch 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM AKDT –
8. 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: Risk-Value Matrix – Kelly Denit, NOAA Fisheries
Agency planning and discussion about regional applications
9. 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM: Legislative Outlook – Dave Whaley, CCC Consultant
– Break 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM AKDT –
10. 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM: Marine Resource Education National Program (MREP) – Jeanne Brown/GMRI, Bob Dooley and Brian Ritchie/MREP Principals
11. 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM: Marine Fisheries Commissions Update – Barry Thom, PSMFC / Dave Donaldson, GSMFC / Bob Beal, ASMFC
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm: Public Comment* (see instructions below)
– RECESS –
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Social Event at the Homer Seaplane Base with appetizers (1310 Lake Shore Drive, Homer, AK)
Thursday, May 21, 2026
12. 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM: International Fisheries Issues – Alexa Cole, NOAA Fisheries
Update from agency
Discuss Councils’ input for September United Nations Committee on Fisheries (COFI) meeting – Jessica McCawley, SAFMC
FAO Committee on Fisheries Website with link to Provisional Agenda
13. 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM: NEPA Updates
Update on Procedural Revisions – Cristi Reid, NOAA Fisheries
CCC NEPA Work Group Report – Kate Haapala, NPFMC
– Break 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM AKDT –
14. 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM: CCC Workgroup/Committee Reports
Habitat Workgroup – Anita Kroska, NPFMC
Scientific Coordination Subcommittee - John Froeschke, GFMC
Council Member Ongoing (CMOD) Development Steering Committee – Emily Muehlstien/GFMC, Merrick Burden/PFMC
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM: Public Comment* (see instructions below)
15. 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM: Future Meeting Planning
October 2026 meeting – Diana Evans, NPFMC / Erin Schettler, NOAA Fisheries
2027 meetings – John Carmichael, SAFMC
16. 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Wrap-Up and Other Business – Angel Drobnica
CCC Outcomes and Action Items
– ADJOURN –
* Instructions for Public Comment
Public comment will be accepted from those who are in-person in the meeting room, as well as those who are connected online through zoom. In either case, please raise your hand when the Chair asks for who is interested in providing public comment, either in person or through zoom.
If you have any difficulty or concern, please contact NPFMC administrative staff shortly before the agenda item, by email at support@npfmc.org.
