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2012 Council Coordination Committee Meeting
Mauna Lani Bay Hotel • Kohala Coast, HI
May 1-3, 2012
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  AGENDA
  • Day 1
  • Day 2
  • Day 3
Tuesday - May 1, 2012
TIME DISCUSSION ITEM PRESENTER
1:30 - 1:45
(15 min)
Welcome and Introductions
Welcome/Introductions by WPFMC Chairman Manuel Duenas & Samuel Rauch, Acting Asst. Administrator for NOAA Fisheries

Manuel Duenas
Samuel Rauch

1:45 - 2:05
(20 min)
Opening Remarks
Sen. Daniel K Inouye (Invited)
2:05 - 2:25
(20 min)
Report from the US Coast Guard
Robert J Papp Jr, Admiral (Invited)
2:25 - 2:45
(25 min)
CCC Group Photograph
 
2:45 - 3:00     - Break -     (15 min)   
3:00 - 5:30
(2 hr 30 min)
Council Reports: Status of Implementing Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions and Other Current Activities
Chairmen/EDs
5:30     - Adjourn -
Wednesday - May 2, 2012
TIME DISCUSSION ITEM PRESENTER
8:00 - 9:00
(60 min)
Panel Presentation and Discussion (TelCon)
"Endangered Species Act Jeopardy Determination in Fisheries Management: Past, Present and Future"
    1. Overview and Introduction (Moderator)
    2. Panel Presentations

Kitty Simonds
Gina Schultz

9:00 - 10:00
(60 min)
Panel Discussion
Sam Pooley
10:00 - 10:15     - Break -     (15 min)   
10:15 - 11:00
(45 min)
Administration's Activities on CMSP/NOC
Sam Rauch
Paul Howard
11:00 - 12:00
(60 min)
Stock Assessments
    1. National SSC IV
      i.
ii.
Recommendations
Formation of Working Group
    2. Next Generation Stock Assessment Priorities
      i.
ii.
FATE (Getting environmental info into assess)
AST (Using AST to get better assessment data)
    3. Prioritizing Assessments
      i.
ii.
Using Best Available Science: Right Sizing the Approach
Allocating Resources to Support Assessments
MAC
Chris Moore
Rick Methot
12:00 - 1:30     - Lunch -     (90 min)   
1:30 - 2:15
(45 min)
Bycatch, Cooperative Research, Habitat, 5-year Council Research Plan  Funding Opportunities for these Programs
Sam Rauch
2:15 - 3:00
(45 min)
Report on the Success of MPAs for Fisheries
Bob Mahood
3:00 - 4:00
(60 min)
President Obama's EO on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review; (E.O. 13563)
Kitty Simonds
4:00     - Adjourn -
Thursday - May 3, 2012
TIME DISCUSSION ITEM PRESENTER
8:00 - 8:45
(45 min)
Report on Legislation

Congressional

8:45 - 9:30
(45 min)
Litigation
    1. RFMC General Counsel Representation
    2. Update on Lawsuits
Kathryn Kempton
9:30 - 10:15
(45 min)
Marginalization of Fisheries Through Competing Acts/ Authorities  (MMPA, ESA, Sanctuaries, Monuments)
WP Council
10:15 - 10:30     - Break -     (15 min)   
10:30 - 11:00
(30 min)
Communities and Indigenous Issues
WP Council
11:00 - 12:00
(60 min)
International Fisheries Management (TelCon)
    1. Leveling the Playing Field for Domestic Fisheries
    2. Increasing Domestic Production to Reduce Trade Deficits
Russell Smith
12:00 - 1:30     - Lunch -     (90 min)   
1:30 - 2:30
(60 min)
Budgets
    1. FY2012: Status of Council Funding
    2. FY2013: Update
           (i) CCC Position on President's Budget
Gary Reisner
Lindsay Fullenkamp
2:30 - 3:30
(60 min)
Communications
    1. NOAA Fisheries Activities (TelCon)
    2. RFMC-Council Coordination Reccommendations
    3. NC3 Conference 3 (MONF3)
Councils/NMFS
Laurel Bryant
Don McIsaac
3:30 - 3:45     - Break -     (15 min)   
3:45 - 4:20
(35 min)
Program Review
    1. DOC IG Review of NOAA Fisheries and FMC Fishery Rule Making Process and Transparency of Process Under MSA
    2. Electronic Monitoring

Carrie Selberg
Don McIsaac

4:20 - 4:45
(25 min)
MAFMC Visioning Project
Rick Robbins
4:45 - 6:00
(75 min)
Administrative Matters
    1. Freedom of Information Act Requests
    2. Technology - Virtual PH/Scoping vs. Travel
  3. Professional Liability
  4. Other Business and Next Annual CCC Meeting
Stephen Bortone
Adam Issenberg
Manuel Duenas
6:00     - Adjourn -

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