Presentation: An Ecosystem Approach to the Assessment of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Herring Complex (Dr. William Overholtz, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Action Item: Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Amendment
Presentation: Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology: Consultation / Prioritization Process in 2008 (Dr. Paul Rago)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Groundfish Assessment Review Meeting Report (Dr.
Final Report on Sector Monitoring (Howard McElderry, GMRI consultant)
NMFS Response to GMRI report
Groundfish Committee Report
Draft Amendment 16 dated June 1, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Scallop Scoping Review
Presentation by Staff on Scallop Amendment 15 Scoping
Survey Advisory Panel Meeting Briefing
Presentation: Discussion of the agency’s proposed rule to integrate Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act (MSRA) requirements with those in the National Environmental Policy Act (Adam Eisenberg, NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries staff)
Presentation: Discussion of the agency’s proposed rule to address MSRA requirements for annual catch limits and accountability measures (NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries staff)
Presentation: Update and Briefing on the
Research Steering Committee Report
Presentation and Discussion: Review of the recently published Draft Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (SBNMS Superintendent Dr. Craig MacDonald)
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