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LOCATION:Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, ME
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday, December 1, 20159:00 a.m.Introductions and Announcements (Terry Stockwell, Council Chairman)9:05 Reports on Recent ActivitiesCouncil Chairman and Executive Director, NOAA Regional Administrator (Greater Atlantic Region), NOAA General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons, and representatives of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Enforcement, and the Northeast Regional Ocean Council11:15 Spiny Dogfish Report 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break1:30 Open Period for Public Comments 1:45 Overview and Discussion of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s (NEFSC) Strategic Plan 2:15 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Report 3:45 Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Committee Report **Public scoping hearing on Amendment 22 to the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan**  at 5:30 or immediately following adjournment of the Council meetingWednesday, December 2, 2015 8:30 a.m.Skate Committee Report 9:15 Thorny Skate Update 9:45 Groundfish Committee Report 12:30 p.m. Lunch Break1:30 Groundfish Report/Framework Adjustment 55 Thursday, December 3, 20158:30 a.m. Finalize NEFMC Management Priorities for 2016 10:00 Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) Briefing 10:45 Research Steering Committee Report11:00 Scallop Committee Report 12:00 p.m. Lunch Break1:00 Scallop Committee Report 3:00 Other Business 
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SUMMARY:December 2015 Council Meeting
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