Office of Sustainable Fisheries

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2013 Council Coordination Committee Meeting
Sheraton Hotel - Silver Spring, MD 20910 • Cypress Ballroom
February 20-21, 2013
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	AGENDA

Day 1
Day 2

Wednesday - February 20, 2013

TIME

DISCUSSION ITEM

PRESENTER

9:00 - 9:20
(20 min)

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dan Wolford
Sam Rauch

9:20 - 9:30
(10 min)

Report on Kona meeting actions and issues

Presentation:
•	Summary of CCC May 1-3, 2012, Outcome Statements and Recommendations

Kitty Simmonds

9:30 - 10:30
(60 min)

Council Reports on Status of Implementing MSA Provisions and Other Current Activities of Interest

  • Top three priorities
  • New species status designations, rebuilding plans, or     management approaches
  • Problems/concerns/other issues

Presentations:
•	Caribbean FMC Report
•	Gulf of Mexico FMC Report
•	Mid-Atlantic FMC Report
•	New England FMC Report
•	South Atlantic FMC Report
•	Western Pacific FMC Report

Chairmen / EDs

10:30 - 10:45

- Break - (15 min)

10:45 - 11:15
(30 min)

Council Reports Continued

Chairmen / EDs

11:15 - 12:15
(60 min)

Budget

  • FY2013: Status, Council Funding
  • FY2014: Update
  • Longer Term Discussion
  • National Appeals Office

Presentation:
•	Office of Management and Budget Presentation to the Council Chairs Committee

Gary Reisner

12:15 - 1:45

- Lunch - (90 min)

1:45 - 2:30
(75 min)

Councils/Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Endangered Specied Act Working Group Update

Presentation:
•	Case Study i
•	Case Study ii
•	Case Study iii
•	Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Endangered Species Act Working Group Terms of Reference

Julie Morris
(teleconference)

2:30 - 3:30
(60 min)

National Standard 1 Update

Presentation:
•	National Standard 1 Guidelines Update

Galen Tromble

3:30 - 3:45

- Break - (15 min)

3:45 - 4:30
(45 min)

NOAA/NOAA Fisheries Policy on National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)

Presentations:
•	MEMO: NEPA Compliance for Council-initiated Fishery Management Actions under the MSA
•	Introduction to NMFS Policy Directive:NEPACompliance for Fishery Management Actions under the MSA
•	CCC Letter to NMFS on NEPA Policy Directive

Steve Leathery

4:30 - 5:30
(60 min)

Fisheries Allocation

Presentations:
•	Marine Fishery Allocation Issues Presentation
•	Marine Fishery Allocation Issues Report

Sam Rauch

5:30	- Adjourn -

Thursday - February 22, 2013

TIME

DISCUSSION ITEM

PRESENTER

9:00 - 9:45
(45 min)

Update on Inspector General Report on MSA Rulemaking

Presentations:
•	OIG Action Plan
•	NOAA Needs to Continue Streamlining the Rulemaking Process & Improve Transparency & Consistency in Fisheries Management (FINAL REPORT NO. OIG-13-011-A)

Emily Menashes

9:45 - 10:15
(30 min)

National Science Programs Review

Presentation:
•	NOAA Fisheries Science Program Reviews

Richard Merrick

10:15 - 10:30

- Break - (15 min)

10:30 - 11:30
(60 min)

Electronic Monitoring of Fisheries

Presentations:
•	Electronic Monitoring: Toward a Cost-Effective and Regionally-Appropriate Strategy for Fishery-Dependent Monitoring
•	Electronic Monitoring White Papers
•	Electronic Monitoring Annotated Agenda
•	Fisheries Monitoring Roadmap

Mark Holiday

11:30 - 12:00
(30 min)

Fisheries Litigation Update

Presentations:
•	Guidance to Council Coordination Committee (CCC) Regarding Meetings
•	Letter to CCC Chairman Dan Wolford from Sam Rauch
•	Terms of Reference for the CCC
•	CCC Litigation Update

Adam Issenberg

12:00 - 1:30

- Lunch - (90 min)

1:30 - 2:30
(60 min)

Council records retention, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and meeting guidance

Sam Rauch

2:30 - 3:15
(45 min)

MSA Reauthorization

Presentations:
•	Positions of RFMC Chairs on Reauthorization of the MSA
•	Sumary Table of Councils' 2005 and 2006 positions

All

3:15 - 3:30

- Break - (15 min)

3:30 - 4:15
(60 min)

Managing Our Nation's Fisheries (MONF) 3 Conference
  • Conference structure review
  • CCC consideration of MONF3 results
  • Questions

Presentations:
•	MONF3 Schedule
•	CCC and MONF3 Schedule
•	MONF3 Conference Purpose Statement, Session Themes, and Focus Topics
•	MONF3 Session 1: Improving Fishery Management Essentials
•	MONF3 Session 2: Advancing Ecosystem-Based Decision Making
•	MONF3 Session 3: Providing for Fishing Community Stability

Don Mc Isaac

4:15 - 4:30
(15 min)

Recognition of service to fisheries
  • Paul Howard
  • Steve Bortone
  • Gloria Thompson

Dan Wolford
Sam Rauch

4:30 - 5:00
(45 min)

Other business, updates and next annual CCC meeting

Presentation:
•	May 2013 CCC Agenda -DRAFT-

Dan Wolford

5:00	- Adjourn -

Post-meeting Documents

•	Decisions Summary Document: February 20-21, 2013 Interim CCC Meeting
•	Assitant Administrator's response letter to CCC on NEPA

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