| New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) |
| 4/16/98 |
NEFMC approved EFH designation alternatives for monkfish,
yellowtail flounder, and haddock |
| 5/20/98 |
NEFMC approved EFH designation alternatives for Atlantic cod,
Atlantic herring, ocean pout, red hake, and witch flounder |
| 6/24/98 |
NEFMC approved remaining EFH designation alternatives and
public hearing document |
| 7/7/98 |
NMFS provided draft EFH recommendations to NEFMC |
| 7/14-7/22/98 |
NEFMC held EFH public hearings |
| 8/11/98 |
NEFMC approved final EFH designations |
| 8/31/98 |
NMFS provides final EFH recommendations to NEFMC |
| 9/24/98 |
NEFMC approves EFH amendment for submittal to Secretary |
| Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) |
| 3/10/98 |
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass distribution and
abundance, and Bluefish EFH identification presented to MAFMC Habitat Committee |
| 4/23/98 |
MAFMC approved EFH designation alternatives for bluefish |
| 6/1/98 |
NMFS provided draft EFH recommendations for bluefish |
| 6/3/98 |
MAFMC approved public hearing document for bluefish |
| 8/20/98 |
MAFMC approved draft EFH designation alternatives and public
hearing documents for summer flounder, scup, and black seabass, squids/mackerel/butterfish,
surf clams/ocean quahogs, and spiny dogfish |
| 8/24-9/3/98 |
MAFMC holds public hearings on bluefish amendment |
| 9/7/98 |
NMFS provides draft EFH recommendations to MAFMC for remaining
species |
| 9/8-9/9/98 |
MAFMC holds public hearings on remaining FMPs and amendments |
| 9/18/98 |
NMFS provides final EFH recommendation to MAFMC for all species |
| 10/8/98 |
MAFMC approves final EFH designations |
| South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) |
| 3/2/98 |
First draft of Habitat Plan and Comprehensive Amendment (Plan/Amendment)
completed. Reviewed at joint Committee and Habitat and Coral Advisory Panels
meeting |
| 3/5/98 |
SAFMC approved draft Plan/Amendment for public hearing and
NMFS informal review |
| 5/1/98 |
Draft Plan/Amendment submitted to NMFS for informal review |
| 6/1/98 |
Draft NMFS EFH Recommendations provided to SAFMC |
| 6/15/98 |
Scientific and Statistical Committee reviewed draft Plan/Amendment
at June Council meeting |
| 6/15/98 |
Public hearing held on draft Plan/Amendment and draft NMFS
EFH Recommendation - St. Augustine, FL |
| 6/22/98 |
Public hearing held on draft Plan/Amendment and draft NMFS
EFH Recommendation - Charleston, SC |
| 6/23/98 |
Public hearing held on draft Plan/Amendment - Morehead City,
NC |
| 6/24/98 |
Public hearing held on draft Plan/Amendment - Richmond Hill,
GA |
| 6/25/98 |
Public hearing held on draft Plan/Amendment - Marathon, FL |
| 7/15/98 |
NMFS informal review comments, DSEIS comments, and final NMFS
EFH recommendations provided to SAFMC |
| 8/11/98 |
Habitat Plan, Comprehensive Amendment and final NMFS EFH recommendations
reviewed at joint Habitat and Coral Advisory Panels meeting |
| 9/25/98 |
SAFMC approves Plan/Amendment for Secretarial review |
| 9/28-10/7/98 |
SAFMC staff completes Plan/Amendment for submission to Secretary |
| 10/9/98 |
SAFMC submits Plan/Amendment to SERO for transmittal to Secretary |
| Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) |
| 4/1-4/2/98 |
Technical Review Panel met to review entire EFH amendment
- New Orleans, LA |
| 5/11-5/14/98 |
GMFMC Habitat Protection Committee reviewed draft EFH amendment
- San Destin, FL
Draft NMFS EFH Recommendations provided to Council
GMFMC reviewed EFH amendment and approved for public hearings
- Lafayette, LA |
| 6/17/98 |
Florida/Alabama Habitat Protection Advisory Panel met to review
EFH draft amendment, public meeting held - Tampa, FL |
| 6/18/98 |
Public meeting held on EFH draft amendment - Key West, FL |
| 6/22/98 |
Mississippi/Louisiana Habitat Protection Advisory Panel met
to review EFH draft amendment, public meeting held on EFH draft amendment
and draft NMFS recommendation - Kenner, LA |
| 6/23/98 |
Public meeting held on EFH draft amendment - Biloxi, MS |
| 6/24/98 |
Public meeting held on EFH draft amendment - Gulf Shores,
AL |
| 6/25/98 |
Public meeting held on EFH draft amendment - Panama City,
FL |
| 6/30/98 |
Texas Habitat Protection Advisory Panel met to review EFH
draft amendment, public meeting held - Houston, TX |
| 7/1/98 |
Public meeting held on EFH draft amendment - Port Aransas,
TX |
| 7/7-7/9/98 |
Standing Scientific and Statistical Committee met to review
draft EFH amendment, public meeting held - New Orleans, LA |
| 7/21-7/24/98 |
GMFMC Habitat Committee held public meeting and considered
public testimony, comments and recommended changes to EFH draft generic
amendment; full Council voted for staff to revise amendment based on comments
and to take final action at its September meeting -Lafayette, LA |
| 9/14/98 |
Habitat Protection Committee discusses final amendment - Mobile,
AL |
| 9/16/98 |
GMFMC takes public testimony and approves final EFH amendment
- Mobile, AL |
| 10/11/98 |
Submission of EFH Amendment to Secretary - exact date to be
determined |
| Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) |
| 4/98- 7/98 |
CFMC staff completes development of preliminary public hearing
drafts of the generic FMP amendment and habitat plan/comprehensive amendment |
| 8/12/98 |
CFMC met for review of the draft generic FMP amendment and
approved it for public hearings |
| 8/31/98 |
Public hearing on EFH draft amendment - Cruz Bay, St. John,
USVI |
| 9/1/98 |
Public hearing on EFH draft amendment - Charlotte Amalie,
St. Thomas, USVI |
| 9/2/98 |
Public hearing on EFH draft amendment and NMFS recommendation
- St. Croix, USVI |
| 9/3/98 |
Public hearing on EFH draft amendment - Mayaguez, Puerto Rico |
| 9/8/98 |
Public hearings on EFH draft amendment - Fajardo and Isla
Verde, Puerto Rico |
| 9/21-9/25/98 |
Council approves generic FMP amendment that amends all existing
Council FMPs for submission to the Secretary |
| Highly Migratory Species (HMS) |
| 3/18/98 |
Update HMS Advisory Panel (AP) on progress of EFH preparation
(public meeting) - St. Petersburg, FL |
| 4/1-4/21/98 |
Peer (technical) review of draft life histories, tables, and
maps |
| 5/8/98 |
Draft life history/species distribution sections distributed
to HMS AP for public review |
| 5/27- 5/29/98 |
Preliminary draft of EFH identifications and descriptions
presented to HMS AP; including issues and options and public meeting held |
| 7/27/98 |
Presentation and discussion of completed draft EFH provisions
for HMS FMP to HMS AP, and public meeting - Alexandria, VA |
| 8/26-8/27/98 |
Presentation and discussion of completed EFH provisions for
HMS amendment to HMS AP, and public meeting - Providence, RI |
| 9/2-9/3/98 |
Presentation and discussion of completed EFH provisions for
Billfish amendment for Billfish AP, and public meeting - St. Croix, USVI |
| 9/15/98 |
Submit amendment/FMP for Secretarial approval |
| Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) |
| 3/2/98 |
Groundfish Technical Team met - Portland, OR |
| 3/3/98 |
Groundfish EFH presentation made to joint meeting of PFMC
Science and Statistics Committee (SSC)/Groundfish Management Team (GMT)/Groundfish
Advisory Panel (GAP) - Portland, OR |
| 3/4/98 |
Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) EFH presentation to joint meeting
of PFMC SSC/GMT/GAP - Portland, OR |
| 3/5/98 |
Salmon EFH presentation to SSC - Portland, OR |
| 3/9/98 |
Groundfish, Salmon, CPS EFH presentations to PFMC Habitat
Committee - San Francisco, CA |
| 3/11/98 |
Salmon EFH presentation to Salmon Advisory Subpanel (SAS)
and Council |
| 4/6-4/9/98 |
Draft NMFS EFH recommendations for CPS, Groundfish, and Salmon
presented to PFMC and public hearing held on draft NMFS EFH recommendations
- Portland, OR |
| 4/14/98 |
Public hearing on draft NMFS EFH recommendations for Groundfish
and Salmon held - Seattle, WA |
| 4/15/98 |
Public hearing on draft NMFS EFH recommendations for Groundfish,
Salmon, and CPS held - San Francisco, CA |
| 4/16/98 |
Public hearing on draft NMFS EFH recommendations for Salmon
held - Boise, ID |
| 6/22-6/26/98 |
Final NMFS EFH recommendations presented to PFMC, Council
adopts draft EFH amendments for groundfish and CPS for public comment -
Seattle, WA |
| 9/8/98 |
Public hearings on draft groundfish and CPS EFH amendments
- Eureka and Long Beach, CA |
| 9/9/98 |
Public hearings on draft groundfish and CPS EFH amendments
- Monterey, CA and Seattle, WA |
| 9/10/98 |
Public hearing on draft groundfish and CPS EFH amendments
- Astoria, OR |
| 9/11/98 |
Public hearing on draft groundfish and CPS EFH amendments
- Newport, OR |
| 9/14-9/18/98 |
PFMC adopts final EFH amendments for groundfish and CPS FMPs
and draft EFH amendment for salmon FMP - Sacramento, CA |
| 11/2-11/6/98 |
PFMC adopts final EFH amendment for salmon FMP - Portland,
OR |
| North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) |
| 3/2/98 |
NMFS AK Region EFH Core Team met to review draft NEPA document
and preliminary EFH recommendations - Juneau, AK. |
| 3/3/98 |
Public meeting and EFH workshop held to update and get public
comments on the EFH habitat assessments - Juneau, AK |
| 4/3/98 |
Draft NMFS EFH recommendation submitted to NPFMC |
| 4/20-4/25/98 |
NPFMC, Science and Statistics Committee, and Habitat Advisory
Panel met and reviewed NEPA document and EFH designations. Public meeting
on NEPA document and recommended EFH designations held - Anchorage, AK |
| 5/6/98 |
Draft Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review and
final EFH recommendation released for public review |
| 5/11/98 |
Final NMFS EFH recommendation submitted to the NPFMC |
6/8-
6/14/98 |
NPFMC, Science and Statistics Committee, and Habitat Advisory
Panel met and conducted final review and approved NEPA document and EFH
designations. Public hearing on NEPA document and EFH designation held concurrently
- Dutch Harbor, AK |
| Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) |
| 3/11-3/13/98 |
WPFMC Bottomfish Plan Team reviewed draft EFH amendment for
Bottomfish |
| 3/17-3/19/98 |
WPFMC Crustacean Plan Team/Advisory Panel reviewed draft EFH
amendment for Crustaceans |
| 3/20/98 |
Ecosystem and Habitat Advisory Panel reviewed draft EFH amendments |
| 3/24-3/26/98 |
WPFMC Science and Statistics Committee reviewed draft EFH
amendments for all FMPs |
| 4/14-4/16/98 |
WPFMC reviewed draft EFH amendment |
| 5/6-5/7/98 |
Pelagic Plan Team meeting held |
| 5/20/98 |
Public meeting on draft NMFS EFH recommendation held |
| 6/4/98 |
Precious Coral Team meeting held |
| 7/21-7/23/98 |
WPFMC Science and Statistics Committee reviewed and approved
draft EFH amendments for all FMPs |
| 7/27-7/29/98 |
WPFMC reviewed and approved final EFH amendment |