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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

9:00 a.m. Introductions and Announcements (Council Chairman John Pappalardo)

9:05 Reports on Recent Activities - Council Chairman, Executive Director, NMFS Regional Administrator, NOAA General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons, and representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, NMFS Enforcement/VMS, and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

10:15 Review of Experimental Fishery Permit (EFP) Applications (Council Deputy Director Chris Kellogg)

10:30 Briefing on a Proposed NEFMC-Sponsored Catch Shares Workshop (George Lapointe)

11:00 Address to the Council (Mr. Eric Schwaab, Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries)

12:15 p.m. Lunch Break

1:15 Open Period for Public Comments (John Pappalardo) - Opportunity for the public to provide brief comments on items relevant to Council business but not listed on the meeting agenda

1:30 Department of Interior Report (Ted Boling, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management)

3:00 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Report (Dr. Pat Sullivan)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

8:30 a.m. Research Steering Committee Report (David Goethel)

9:30 Monkfish Committee Report (Terry Stockwell)

11:00 Standard Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Summary and Discussion (Dr. Paul Rago, Northeast Fisheries Science Center)

12:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:15 Herring Amendment 5 Update (Doug Grout)

2:30 SSC/NEFSC Report on EBFM (Dr. Michael Fogarty, NEFSC)

4:00 Habitat Committee Report (David Preble)

4:30 Overview of the Impacts of the SASI Model Peer Review Conclusions on Habitat Plan Development Team Activities (Chad Demarest, NMFS and the NEFMC Habitat Plan Development Team)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

8:30 a.m. Management Area Coordination (Council Staff)

11:00 Groundfish Committee Report (Rip Cunningham)

12:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00 Groundfish Agenda Items – continued

4:00 Other Business

Preliminary Catch and Landings Information for NEFMC FMPs