Skip to Page Content
NOAA Fisheries
Office of Sustainable Fisheries
 sharkship at aseaschool of fishboat with net
Highly Migratory Species
Domestic Fisheries
Regulatory Services
Magnuson-Stevens Act
Sustainable Fisheries Act
Social Impact Assessment
Fishery Management Councils
Seafood Inspection
Partnerships and Communications

Regulatory Services

Council Member Training
Phoenix Park Hotel • Washington, DC 20001
October 19-21, 2010
 
Agenda
Printable Agenda
 
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
Tuesday - October 19, 2010
TIME SUBJECT PRESENTER
8:00 - 8:30     - Breakfast -     (30 min)   

8:30 - 8:35
(5 min)

Introduction: Goals and Purposes of Council Training,
Review of Training Manual, Logistics
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(H)

Bill Chappell
Tara Scott
Sustainable Fisheries
8:35 - 8:50
(15 min)		 Welcome and Opening Remarks Emily Menashes
Acting Director
Sustainable Fisheries
8:50 - 10:00
(70 min)		 Intro: Magnuson-Stevens Act & 10 National Standards
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)
Marian Macpherson
Sustainable Fisheries
10:00 - 10:15     - Break -     (15 min)   
10:30 - 11:00
(30 min)		 Legal and Regulatory Requirements and Building an Administrative Record
MSA Sec. 302(k)(1)(F)
Caroline Park
General Counsel, Fisheries
11:00 - 11:15
(15 min)		 Implementing Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

Jonathan Phinney
SW Fisheries Science Ctr
11:15 - 11:45
(30 min)		 International Fisheries Issues Impacting Councils
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(H)
Jean-Pierre Plé
International Affairs
11:45 - 1:15     - Lunch -     (90 min)   
1:15 - 2:00
(45 min)		 Design and Use of Catch Shares under the MSA
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(B) and (I)
Mark Holliday
Office of Policy
2:00 - 3:00
(60 min)		 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(F)
Presentation: NEPA Presentation
Steve Leathery
NMFS National
NEPA Coordinator
3:00 - 3:15     - Break -     (15 min)   
3:15 - 4:00
(45 min)		 Protected Resources
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(F)
     • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
     • Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
Presentation: ESA Overview
Handouts: Timelines
Presentation: Fisheries and the MMPA
Marta Nammack
Kristy Long
Protected Resources
4:00 - 4:30
(30 min)		 Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)
Terra Lederhouse
Habitat Conservation
4:30 - 5:30
(60 min)		 Process and Development of Fishery Management Plans
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(B) and (G)
Jane DiCosimo
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
5:30 - 5:45
(15 min)		 Summary
Discussion; Questions; Recap; Announcements		 Moderators
5:45     - Adjourn -
Wednesday - October 20, 2010
TIME SUBJECT PRESENTER
8:00 - 8:30     - Breakfast -     (30 min)   
8:30 - 8:35
(5 min)

Expectations for Day 2

 Moderators
8:35 - 9:30
(55 min)		 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(B) and (E)
Galen Tromble
Sustainable Fisheries
9:30 - 10:30
(60 min)		 Stock Assessments: The Science of Fisheries
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(A)
Paul Rago
Science & Technology
10:30 - 10:45     - Break -     (15 min)   
10:45 - 12:00
(75 min)		 Stock Assessment Exercise
 MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(A)		 Paul Rago
Science & Technology
12:00 - 1:30     - Lunch -     (90 min)   
1:30 - 1:45
(15 min)		 Welcome and Remarks Eric Schwaab
Assistant Administrator, Fisheries
1:45 - 2:15
(30 min)		 Recreational Fisheries Data Improvements & Policy
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1) (I)
Russell Dunn
National Policy Advisor
Recreational Fisheries
2:15 - 3:00
(45 min)		 Economic Analysis
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(C)
Eric Thunberg
Science & Technology
3:00 - 3:45
(45 min)		 Guidance Using Social Science in Fishery Management
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(C)
Peter Fricke
Sustainable Fisheries (Retired)
3:45 - 4:00     - Break -     (15 min)   
4:00 - 4:55
(55 min)		 Fisheries Enforcement NOAA/USCG
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E) and (H)
Stuart Cory
NMFS Enforcement
LCDR Daniel Schaeffer
Fisheries Enforcement
U.S. Coast Guard
4:55 - 5:30
(35 min)		 Summary
Discussion; Questions; Recap; Announcements		 Moderators
5:30     - Adjourn -
Thursday - October 21, 2010
TIME SUBJECT PRESENTER
8:00 - 8:30     - Breakfast -     (30 min)   
8:30 - 8:35
(5 min)

Expectations for Day 3

 Moderators
8:35 - 9:35
(60 min)		 Council Member Legal Requirements
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)
Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Provisions, Rules of Conduct, Lobbying Restrictions, etc.
Dana Jacobs
Office of the Assistant General Counsel for
Administration
9:35 - 10:35
(60 min)		 Parliamentary Training
Presentation:  
Handouts:  
Colette Collier Trohan
A Great Meeting, Inc.
10:35 - 10:50     - Break -     (15 min)   
10:50 - 11:20
(30 min)		 Parliamentary Training (Continued) Colette Collier Trohan
A Great Meeting, Inc.
11:20 - 12:15
(55 min)		 Putting It All Together
MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(G)
Marian Macpherson
Sustainable Fisheries
12:15 - 12:30
(15 min)		 Final Summary Moderators
12:30     - Adjourn -
 
NOAA logo Department of Commerce logo