Habitat

Next Committee Meeting Joint with Groundfish

May 10, 2013 Joint Closed Area Tech Team and Habitat PDT Meeting

Meeting Summaries:

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March 19, 2013August 23, 2012 December 4, 2012August 23, 2012 June 8, 2012 April 6, 2012 February 23, 2012 January 24, 2012 August 30, 2011 July 21, 2011 July 20, 2011(Advisors) March 10, 2011 January 6, 2011 October 28, 2010 September 27, 2010 August 12, 2010 (Advisors) June 10, 2010 April 1-2, 2010 January 13, 2010 October 14, 2009 March 3, 2009 January 15, 2009 November 14, 2008 October 2, 2008 May 16, 2008 February 4, 2008 January 16, 2007 September 7, 2006 August 15, 2006(Advisors) June 6 - 7, 2006 March 20, 2006 March 7, 2006 (Advisors) January 11, 2006 November 14, 2005 August 22, 2005 May 26, 2005 April 14, 2005 (Advisors) March 28, 2005 Feb. 16, 2005 Dec. 2, 2004 October 13, 2004 (Advisors) Sept. 8, 2004 April 21, 2004 June 16, 2004 January 13, 2004 August 7, 2003 June 18, 2003 April 22, 2003 April 10, 2003 March 4, 2003 Feb 6-7, 2003 July 19-20, 2002 July 10, 2002 Nov. 6, 2001 April 17, 2001 Sept. 7, 2000 June 9, 2000 May 24, 2000 May 15, 2000 Sept. 7, 1999 June 28, 1999 May 5, 1999 Dec 21, 1999

Habitat Committee

NEFMC Members David Preble (Chair) David Goethel (Vice-Chair) Mark Gibson Doug Grout Terry Alexander Matthew McKenzie John Quinn Lou Chiarella, NMFS

MAFMC Member G. Warren Elliott

Habitat Advisory Panel

Richard Bellavance, Jr., No. Kingstown, RI	Maggie Raymond, So. Berwick, ME
Gib Brogan, Wayland, MA	Geoff Smith, Brunswick, ME
Gregory Cunningham, Portland, ME	Ron Smolowitz, E. Falmouth, MA
Ben Cowie-Haskell, Scituate, MA	Richard Taylor, Woods Hole, MA
Allyson Jordan, Rockport, MA	Dave Wallace (Chair), Cambridge, MD
Jeff Kaelin, Cape May, NJ	Jon Williams, Westport, ME
Ben Martens, Topsham, ME	John Williamson, Kennebunk, ME

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Committee, PDT and Council Meeting Information

April 23-25, 2013 Council Meeting Discussion Documents
Meetings held in 2013
Meetings held in 2012
Meetings held in 2011
Meetings held in 2010

Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat Amendment 2

Draft documents, notices and comments
Presentation given at Maine Fisherman's Forum - March 2012
June 2012 Draft EFH and HAPC Management Alternatives
September 2012 Draft Adverse Effects Options
Development of Adverse Effects Minimization Options and Alternatives Presentation
Federal Register Notices and Public Comment

Swept Area Seabed Impact Information
Summary of Swept Area Seabed Impact (SASI) Model
Swept Area Seabed Impact (SASI) Document
SASI Peer Review Report

Essential Fish Habitat Designations
General Information about EFH designations
Original Omnibus Amendment (1998)
NMFS EFH Webpage
Final rule to the (EFH) provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act

Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment

Draft Documents
June 2012 Draft Deep-sea Coral Management Alternatives
Development of Deep-sea Coral Managment Alternatives Presentation
Draft Memorandum of Understanding with MAFMC and SAFMC
Background Information about deep-sea corals and their habitats

NOAA Deep-Sea Coral Management and Research
2012 Deep Sea Research and Technology Program Report to Congress
2010 Deep Sea Coral Discretionary Provision Guidance
2010 NOAA Strategic Plan for Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems

Comment Letters on offshore wind and other projects

NEFMC Letters of comment on Marine Spatial Planning Issues
BOEM/offshore wind informtion

Marine Protected Areas Information

NEFMC Marine Protected Areas Policy
NEFMC Marine Protected Areas Workshop Report