MAFAC Meeting November 2009

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

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

• Budget Update
• Upcoming MSA Rules and Policy Decisions; ACL update
• 2010 Legislative Agenda
• MAFAC Action Items

Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (Rauch)
• Presentation: Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (Wiggin)
• Presentation: Marine Spatial Planning for Ocean Resources (Fugate)
• Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
• Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
• NROC comments to the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, Oct. 28, 2009
• 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 Revision

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

AGENDA

Federal Register Notice

Transcripts

• November 10, 2009
• Morning Session
• Afternoon Session
  
• November 11, 2009
• Morning Session
• Afternoon Session
  
• November 12, 2009
• Full Session

Summary report