Plan Amendments Framework Adjustments

Habitat

Next Committee Meeting Joint with Groundfish

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

Meeting Summaries:

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