MAFAC Meeting May 2011

May 24-26, 2011
Dr. Nancy Foster Florida Keys Environmental Center, Key West, Florida

ADVANCE MATERIALS

Key West Marine Policy Issues

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: City of Key West, Jim Scholl, Key West City Manager
• Excerpt, Key West Harbor Reconnaissance Report, Nov. 2010
• Naval Air Station, Overview of Navy Environmental Challenges:  Ed Barham, Environmental Director of Naval Air Station, Key West
• Presentation: An Overview of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: Threats / Challenges and Management Programs
• Link to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Overview of NOAA Regional Issues

• Link to the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Briefing on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (Heather Young, NOAA Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Coordinator)
• Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (GCERTF)
• GCERTF Background and Restoration Goals
• The ‘Mabus Report:’ America’s Gulf Coast, A Long Term Recovery Plan After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 

National Ocean Policy Implementation – Priority Objectives

• Annotated Agenda - National Ocean Policy Update
• Presentation: National Ocean Policy, Implementation of Priority Objectives (Mark Holliday, Director, Office of Policy)
• Annotated Agenda – NOAA Energy Activities
• Presentation: NOAA Energy Activities: Presentation to the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (Emily Lindow, NOAA Fisheries Senior Policy Analyst for Energy)
• National Ocean Policy - Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
• Strategic Action Plans (SAP): Full Content Outlines (see related email)

CMSP & Ocean Energy

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Atlantic Wind Energy: Smart from the Start (Ned Farquhar, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior, Land and Minerals Management)
• Presentation: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning & the Multipurpose Marine Cadastre (Leah Russin, Senior Advisor to the Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement)
• DOI Smart from the Start Program
• Factsheet on elements of the Smart from the Start is HERE.
• Information about the reorganization of the former MMS and offshore regulatory reforms, please visit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE).

Climate Change Adaptation; State of Science and Policy

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Responding to a Changing Climate: Challenges and Opportunities (Eileen Shea, Chief, Climate Services And Monitoring Division, NOAA/NESDIS)
• Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States; home webpage with background and assorted fact sheets, including Key Findings
• Highlights of the Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (20 p. brochure)
• Fact Sheet: The National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy

New “Vision 2030” Document

• Annotated Agenda
• Vision 2020: The Future of U.S. Marine Fisheries
• Vision 2020 Transition Paper

Budget Briefing

• Presentation: FY 2011 Budget Overview: FY 2012, FY 2013 Budget Outlook (Gary Reisner, CFO & Director, Office of Management and Budget)
• MAFAC Priority Subject Area Crosscut - FY 2008-FY 2012

Implementing the NOAA/DOC Aquaculture Policies

• Annotated Agenda  
• Presentation:  NOAA's and DOC's New Aquaculture Policies (Susan Bunsick and Lorenzo Juarez, NOAA Aquaculture Program)

Managing Fisheries III Workshop

• Annotated Agenda

Quota Allocation Project

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: Allocation Project Update (Emily Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries)

Seafood Safety Update

• Annotated Agenda
• Presentation: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster: Seafood Safety Response (John Stein, Acting Director, Northwest Fisheries Science Center; David Detlor, Deputy Director, Office of Science & Technology; Steve Wilson, Chief Quality Officer)
• Fact sheet: U.S. Seafood Safe and Unaffected by Radiation Contamination from Japanese
• GAO Report: Seafood Safety: FDA Needs to Improve Oversight of Imported Seafood and Better Leverage Limited Resources

MAFAC Administration
Subcommittees and Workgroups

Ecosystem

Strategic Planning, Budget, and Program Management

Recreational Fisheries

• Recreational Fisheries at NOAA: A Growing Legacy (year in review)
• Presentation: Recreational Fisheries Engagement Initiative Update (Bob Williams, NOAA Fisheries)

Protected Resources

Commerce Subcommittee

Agenda

Federal Register Notice

Meeting Overview & Recommendations

Transcripts

• May 24, 2011
• May 25, 2011
• May 26, 2011