September 2019 HMS Advisory Panel Meeting

8:30–9 a.m.

Welcome and introductions

Bennett Brooks, facilitator
HMS division staff

9–9:30 a.m.

Overview of recent activities/rulemaking

• Shark specs
• BFT/ALB/SWO
• A5b litigation and remand document
• New tech memo/turtle rule
• Area-based weak hook proposed rule
• Three-year review
• Other business for meeting agenda

HMS division staff

9:30–10:15 a.m.

Amendment 12 (HMS FMP Objectives) Scoping

• Presentation (PDF, 5 pages), Q&A
• HMS Advisory Panel discussion

See Key Documents on the left for more information on National Standard 1 Guidelines and their implications for HMS management. 

HMS division staff

10:15–10:30 a.m.

Break

10:30–10:45 a.m.

Leadership update

Chris Oliver

10:45 a.m.–12 p.m.

Shark population and depredation discussion

• Presentation (PDF, 4 pages), Q&A
• SEFSC Longline Survey Presentation (PDF, 28 pages)
• Stock Status and Abundance Presentation (PDF, 21 pages)
• HMS Advisory Panel discussion

NOAA Fisheries science center staff
 

12–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30–2:30 p.m.

HMS rulemaking scoping review for Amendment 13 (bluefin tuna), Amendment 14 (sharks), and Data Collection for Spatial Management of HMS Fisheries

• A13 Presentation (PDF, 20 pages), Q&A
• A14 Presentation (PDF, 6 pages)
• Spacial Management Presentation (PDF, 5 pages)
• HMS Advisory Panel discussion

HMS division staff

2:30–3:15 p.m.

General Category Cost Earnings Survey summary

• Presentation (PDF, 26 pages), Q&A
• HMS Advisory Panel discussion

HMS division staff

Update on CITES species listing and permitting process

• Presentation (PDF, 22 pages), Q&A

3:30–3:45 p.m.

Break

3:45–5:30 p.m.

HMS Recreational Roundtable discussion

• Presentation (PDF, 11 pages)

HMS division staff

5:30–6 p.m.

Public comment

6 p.m.

Adjourn/no host social