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2024 Council Training

An annual training course for newly appointed council members.

Schedule

October 22

Session Name

Presenter

MSA Requirement

Parliamentary Procedures

Donald Garrett, MPA PRP

Last Minute Meetings, LLC

 

Council Process and Organization

Presentation

Jessica Coakley, Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(B), (D), (E), & (G)

October 23

Session Name

Presenter

MSA Requirement

Rules of Conduct and Legal Requirements of Council Members

Presentation

Tom Welsh, DOC Office of General Counsel

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)

Lobbying Restrictions

Presentation

Molly Watson, NOAA General Counsel

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)

Conflict of Interest and Financial Disclosure Provisions

Presentation

Demian Schane, NOAA General Counsel

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)

October 24

Session Name

Presenter

MSA Requirement

Environmental Justice Strategy

Dianna Perry, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

 

Administrative Records and Responses to FOIA Requests: Legal Requirements

Presentation

Stacey Nathanson, NOAA General Counsel

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E)

October 29

Session Name

Presenter

MSA Requirement

MSA: National Standards and NS1 Guidelines

Presentation

Deb Lambert, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E) & (D)

Preventing and Addressing Harassment in the Council Process

Presentation

Marlene Laimeche, DOC Office of General Counsel

Diana Perry, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

 

Fisheries Enforcement

Presentation

Everett Baxter, Office of Law Enforcement

 

Tools & Approaches for Climate-Informed Fisheries Management

Presentation

Jay Peterson, Office of Science and Technology

Wendy Morrison, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Sec. 302 (k)(l)(A)

Economics and Social Science Analysis in Fisheries

Presentation

Chad Demarest, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

MSA Sec. 302 (k)(1)(C)

October 30

Session Name

Presenter

MSA Requirement

Stock Assessments in Support of U.S. Fisheries

Presentation

Jeff Vieser and Melissa Karp, Office of Science and Technologies

Sec. 302 (k)(l)(A)

Setting Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and Accountability Measures

Presentation

Regina Spallone, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(E) & (D)

Protected Resources: ESA and MMPA

Presentation

Jaclyn Taylor and Ron Salz, Office of Protected Resources

Sec. 302 (k)(1)(F)

Use of Fisheries Data in Management

  • Observer Data

Presentation

  • Electronic Technology (ET) Data

Presentation

  •  Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)

 Presentation

Lee Benaka and Daemian Schreiber, Office of Science and Technology

Laura Keeling, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Sec. 302 (k)(l)(A)

October 31

Session Name

Presenter

MSA Requirement

National Environmental Policy Act

Presentation

Marian Macpherson, Office of Sustainable Fisheries

Sec. 302 (k)(l)(F)

Essential Fish Habitat and Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology

Presentation

Briana Yancy, Heather Coleman, and Erin Winslow, Office of Habitat Conservation

Sec. 302 (k)(l)(A)

Last updated by Office of Sustainable Fisheries on 02/06/2025