Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction September 2022 Team Meeting

The Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team will hold a virtual meeting on September 19, 22, and 30 to discuss coastwide amendments to the Take Reduction Plan.

About

The purpose of the meeting, which will be hosted and facilitated by Bennett Brooks and David Plumb of Consensus Building Institute, is to discuss the next phases of amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.

This meeting will be a virtual meeting, and members of the public may attend.

The link will be the same on each day of the meeting. When registering, please select the days you plan to attend.

Team members: Please put a * in front of your first name. Example: *Colleen

Alternates: Please put an *Alt in front of your first name. Example: *Alt Jessica

This helps us find you more quickly to unmute you so you can participate during the meeting.

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Day 1: Monday, September 19 (1 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ET)

12:45 p.m. Tech Check

Team members join early for Zoom tech check and troubleshooting

1 p.m. Session 1: Plenary Introduction and Setting the Stage

Purpose, agenda, and ground rules review

1:45 p.m. Session 2a: Strategies for addressing remaining risk - Initial plenary

Review key points from past webinars: remaining risk profile
Review suggested measures and modeling results for suggested caucus ideas

3 p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m. Session 2b: Strategies for addressing remaining risk-smaller group regional discussions

Small-group discussions (two GOM focused, two SNE/MATL/SE focused)

4:20 p.m. Session 2c: Strategies for addressing remaining risk - Sharing results

Plenary debrief and discussion

4:55 p.m. Review and Next Steps

5 p.m. Public Comment

5:15 p.m. Adjourn

Day 2: Thursday, September 22 (1 p.m - 5:15 p.m. ET).

12:45 p.m. Tech Check

Team members join early for Zoom tech check and troubleshooting

1 p.m. Introduction and Setting the Stage (Plenary)

Purpose, agenda and ground rules review

1:10 p.m. Session 3: Updates and progress since Monday (Plenary)

Review getbacks
Provide overview of draft packages
Clarifying questions and discussion

2:30 p.m. BREAK

2:45 p.m. Session 4a: Evaluating potential collections of measures (Breakout groups)

Small-group discussions on the draft packages: strengths, potential substitutions, additions

4:25 p.m. Session 4b: Evaluating potential collections of measures (Plenary)

Report back from breakout groups and additional discussion

4:55 p.m. Wrap-Up and Next Steps

5 p.m. Public Comment

5:15 p.m. Adjourn

Day 3: Friday, September 30 (10 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET)

9:45 a.m. Tech Check

Team members join early for Zoom tech check and troubleshooting

10 a.m. Session 5: Introduction and Setting the Stage (Plenary)

Purpose, agenda and ground rules review

10:10 a.m. High-level Review of Recent Model Runs

10:50 a.m. High-level Review of CBI “State of Play” Summary

11:10 a.m. Getting Ready for November

11:45 a.m. Wrap-Up and Next Steps

11:50 a.m. Public Comment

12 p.m. Adjourn

Last updated by Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office on 10/19/2023

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