April-May 2019 Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee Meeting

This is a meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, which advises NOAA and the Department of Commerce on living marine resource issues.

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Primary goals of this meeting are to discuss and finalize recommendations of the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force and their Phase I report and recommendations regarding the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act grant program; to discuss the value of a national seafood marketing effort with industry representatives; learn about wind development in the Atlantic ocean; and receive updates on the development of the Strategic Aquaculture Science Plan, NOAA Fisheries budget outlook, recreational fishing work, and other science and research activities.

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Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Day 1–Tuesday, April 30, 2019

The Grand Trunk Meeting Room

Time	Min.	Subject	Presenter
8:30 - 8:45	15	Welcome, Introductions, & Agenda Review	Erika Feller, Chair Jennifer Lukens, Director, Office of Policy
8:45 - 9:00	15	Report from the Assistant Administrator	Chris Oliver, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
9:00 - 9:50	50	Overview: Modern Fish Act of 2018 Informational Overview of the implications of the Act- what does it do? How will it be implemented Annotated agenda (PDF, 1 page) Presentation (PDF, 12 pages)	Sam Rauch, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Services
9:50 - 10:15	25	Reports from the State Directors Meeting and Fisheries Commissions Outlook for year ahead	David Donaldson, Executive Director, Gulf States Randy Fisher, Executive Director, Pacific States
10:15 - 10:30	15	Break
10:30 - 12:00	90	Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force ACTION for MAFAC Approval Presentation and discussion - final Phase I report Review of the process Presentation on the quantitative and qualitative goals Presentation (PDF, 38 pages) Phase 1 Report of the Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force to MAFAC (PDF, 112 pages) Appendix A to Phase 1 Report; Provisional Quantitative Goal Summaries by Stock (PDF, 85 pages)	Mike Edmonson, Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation Marla Harrison, Port of Portland, Oregon B.J. Keiffer, Director of Natural Resources, Spokane Tribe Katherine Cheney, Interior Columbia Basin Office, West Coast Region
12:00 - 1:30	90	Lunch
1:30 - 1:45	15	Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force - cont. Next steps and initiation of Phase II
1:45 - 2:15	30	Ecosystems Approach Subcommittee Recommendation on CBP Task Force report Recommendation for MAFAC final action	Raimundo Espinoza, Subcommittee Chair
2:15 - 3:15	60	Regional Topic: Wind Development in the Marine Environment - Informational Annotated Agenda (PDF, 1 page) Presentation (PDF, 23 pages)	Jon Hare, Ph.D., Director, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole Andrew Lipsky, Acting Chief of Staff, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
3:15 - 3:30	15	Break
3:30 - 5:00	90	Subcommittee Meetings - Ongoing Work (Open to all members) Recreational Fisheries Subcommittee Work Task 1, ER reporting by anglers, and Task 2, improving our understanding of the universe of recreational fishermen. Protected Resources Subcommittee Discuss presentations to date and focus related to large marine mammal entanglements.	Bob Gill, Subcommittee Co-Chair Sara McDonald, Subcommittee Chair
5:00		Adjourn

Day 2–Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The Grand Trunk Meeting Room

Time	Min.	Subject	Presenter
8:30 – 9:30	60	NOAA Fisheries Budget Outlook & Administrative Update - Informational Presentation (PDF, 26 pages)	Paul Doremus, PhD, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations
9:30 – 10:30	60	Panel Presentation & Discussion U.S. Seafood Promotion and the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act Informational Hour 1: Panel experts will discuss: Perceived pros and cons with the Fish and Seafood Promotion Act and a National Council for Seafood Lessons learned from regional, state, and sector seafood promotion boards or councils Panel background paper (PDF, 3 pages) Fish and Seafood Promotion Act, 1986 Final Rule: Fish and Seafood Promotion Act Provisions; Seafood Marketing Councils	Bill DiMento, Vice President of Sustainability and Government Affairs, High Liner Foods Jana Hennig, Executive Director, Posi+ively Groundfish Hugh Link, Executive Director, Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission (via teleconference) Randy Rhodes, President, Harvest Select Seafood and Harvest Select Catfish
10:30 – 10:45	15	Break
10:45 - 11:45	60	Panel Presentation & Discussion U.S. Seafood Promotion …continued Hour 2: Questions and Discussion with MAFAC Members	Megan Davis, Ph.D., Moderator and Lead, Fish and Seafood Promotion Act Task
11:45 – 11:55	10	Public Comment
11:55 – 1:10	75	Lunch
1:10 – 2:10	60	Learn about the Coastal Culinary Academy Informational A place based education center to increase national seafood literacy Programs educate chefs and other participants about the stories behind seafood – the people engaged in aquaculture and wild caught seafood.	Barton Seaver, Chef, Author, and Founder of Coastal Culinary Academy
		Adjourn
~2:30 – 4:30		Field Trips
5:00 - ??		MAFAC Happy Hour (No Host) Continue the discussion about promoting seafood and national seafood literacy with all guest panelists and presenters.	AC Hotel Lounge

Day 3–Thursday, May 2, 2019

The Grand Trunk Meeting Room

Time	Min.	Subject	Presenter
8:30 – 9:00	30	Administrative Session – MAFAC members only
9:00 – 10:00	60	Science Enterprise Update Informational Presentation (PDF, 31 pages)	Francisco (Cisco) Werner, PhD, Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor
10:00 – 10:10	10	Break
10:10 – 11:10	60	Strategic Aquaculture Science Plan (SASP) Future ACTION Review of the entire Draft SASP Discussion on how the MAFAC / Aquaculture Task Force vision statements were incorporated Next steps Annotated Agenda (PDF, 1 page) Presentation (PDF, 15 pages)	Michael Rust, Ph.D., Science Advisor, Office of Aquaculture, NOAA Fisheries (by teleconference)
*Subcommittee Reports*
11:10 – 12:30	80	Subcommittee Reports Recreational Fisheries - Update Protected Resources - Update Commerce – ACTION MAFAC Recommendations: Saltonstall-Kennedy Act Grant Program (PDF, 3 pages)	Bob Gill, Chair, Recreational Fisheries Sara McDonald, Chair, Protected Resources Sebastian Belle, Chair, Commerce
12:30 -1:00	30	Close Out: Review of Decisions, Action Items, Next Steps, Next Meeting	Erika Feller, Chair Jennifer Lukens, Director, Office of Policy
1:00 pm		Adjourn

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