Habitat/Marine Protected Areas

Next Committee Meeting

Meeting Summaries:

Select Date 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/MPA/Ecosystems Oversight Committee

NEFMC Members David Preble (Chair) David Goethel (Vice-Chair) Mark Gibson Doug Grout Peter Kendall Vacant Sally McGee Terry Stockwell

MAFMC Member Peter deFur

Habitat Advisory Panel

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

NEFMC Council Seeks Habitat Advisory Panel Members - Deadline due December 9, 2011

Omnibus Amendment Supplemental Notice of Intent and Request for Comments - 6/17/11

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

EFH Omnibus Amendment 2
Summary of comments received for 2011 Supplemental Habitat Omnibus Amendment NOI
FR NOI to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS)
Written Comments received on Essential Fish Habitat Omnibus Amendment 2 (Phase 1, DSEIS)
Supplemental FR re EFH Components of FMPs; Supplemental NOI; Comments due 12.21.09
FR re NOI to Prepare EIS for EFH Components of NEFMC FMPs; Comments due 11.4.09

Committee, PDT and Council Meeting Information
January 31-February 2, 2012 Council Meeting
January 24, 2012 Oversight Committee Discussion Documents
November 15-17, 2011 Council Meeting Discussion Documents
August 15, 2011 Habitat Plan Development Team Meeting Summary
August 30, 2011 Oversight Committee Discussion Documents
July 21, 2011 Oversight Committee Discussion Documents
July 20, 2011 Advisory Panel Discussion Documents
April 26-28, 2011 Council Meeting Discussion Documents
March 10, 2011 Oversight Committee Discussion Documents
Other Meetings related to the current action

SASI Information
Swept Area Seabed Impact (SASI) Document
Terms of Reference for SASI Peer Review
SASI Peer Review Report
Summary of Swept Area Seabed Impact (SASI) Model
SASI - Gazetteer

Deep-Sea Corals
Deep Sea Coral Discretionary Provision Guidance
NOAA Strategic Plan for Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Ecosystems, 2010
CoRIS- NOAA's Coral Reef Information System

Comment Letters/Marine Spatial Planning
Link to Draft EA - Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Characterization Activities on the Atlantic OCS Offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia
NEFMC Comment Letter to Bureau of OEMRE re: Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Massachusetts
Pioneer Array Micro-siting request for comments and meeting announcement- Comment Period ends May 27, 2011
BOEMRE Massachusetts offshore wind leasing request for interest – link to notice and map
NEFMC comment on siting of Pioneer OOI Array (October 2010)
Programmatic EA for NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative

Marine Protected Areas Information
NEFMC Marine Protected Areas Policy
NEFMC Marine Protected Areas Workshop Report