MAFAC Meeting November 2009

November 10-12, 2009
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Silver Spring, MD

AGENDA

Federal Register Notice

ADVANCE MATERIALS

Presentations

Opening Remarks & Introductions

Recreational Fishery Issues

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Recreational Fishery Issues
• Message from the Under Secretary: Improving Engagement with the Recreational Fishing Community (9/2/09)
• MRIP Overview

NOAA Catch Shares Policy

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: DRAFT NOAA Catch Share Policy

Working Lunch - New Member Orientation

• MAFAC 101 Presentation
• MAFAC Structure and Function
• Government Travel Presentation
• Ethics Manual

NOAA/NMFS Reports

• NOAA Alignment
• Budget Update
• Upcoming MSA Rules and Policy Decisions; ACL update
• 2010 Legislative Agenda

Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (Rauch)
• Presentation: Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (Wiggin)
• Presentation: (Fugate)
• Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
• Northeast Regional Ocean Council
• Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (OceanSAMP)
• Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan
• Report: Compatibility Determination: Considerations for Siting Coastal and Ocean Uses (Prepared by: UMass Boston Planning Frameworks Team/Massachusetts Ocean Partnership)
• Report: Planning Framework Options for The Massachusetts Ocean Plan (Prepared by: UMass Boston Planning Frameworks Team/Massachusetts Ocean Partnership)

MAFAC Administration

• Time, Place, Agenda topics-next meeting
• Committee assignments
• Charter

NOAA Leadership Remarks

Aquaculture Update

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Update on NOAA Aquaculture Program

Subcommittees and Workgroups

Recreational Fish Workgroup

Strategic Planning, Budget and Program Management Subcommittee

Ecosystem and Climate Subcommittee, with Governance Workgroup

Commerce Subcommittee

Protected Species Subcommittee