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Written Comments: Written comments that address specific items listed on the meeting agenda or issues that will be brought up under the open period for public comment must be received by Thursday, April 9, 2026. Please address comments to Council Chair, Daniel Salerno or Executive Director Cate O’Keefe and Mail to: NEFMC, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950, or Emailto: comments@nefmc.org 

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

9:00 a.m.      Executive Committee Closed Session - Pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, this closed session of the Executive Committee will be held to discuss sensitive information about Council resources

10:00 a.m.    Introductions and Announcements (Council Chair Daniel Salerno)

10:05             Reports on Recent Activities - Council Chair, Council Executive Director, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO) Regional Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) General Counsel, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA Enforcement, ICCAT/HMS/Dolphin-Wahoo

11:45            Executive Order 14276 “Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness” (Executive Director Cate O’Keefe)                

12:15 p.m.    Lunch Break

1:45               NOAA Framework to Narrow Scope of NMFS Management and Science (Executive Director Cate O’Keefe)                     

2:30               Monkfish and Skate Coordinated Committee Report (Matt Gates, Scott Olszewski)                      

4:00               Locking Away Carbon on the Northeast Shelf and Slope (LOC-NESS) (Dr. Adam Subhas, WHOI)

5:00               Council Adjourns

6:00               Council Public Outreach (Holiday Inn by the Bay, Port of Call Lounge) - Public informational exchange to foster open lines of communication among all meeting attendees

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

9:00 a.m.      State of the Ecosystem (Dr. Joe Caracappa, NEFSC; SSC Chair Dr. Conor McManus)                       

10:45            Scientific and Statistical Committee Subpanel and Subcommittee (SSC Chair Dr. Conor McManus)

11:15            Holistic Strategic Plan Initiative (Brett Wiedoff, The Parnin Group)                       

12:15 p.m.    Lunch Break

1:45               Risk Policy Working Group (Megan Ware; Dr. Lisa Kerr, UMaine)                       

3:15               Atlantic Herring Committee Report (Peter Whelan)                       

4:15               Open Period for Public Comment - Public comments on Council issues that are not listed on the agenda 

Thursday, April 16, 2026

9:00 a.m.      Groundfish Committee Report (John Pappalardo)                       

10:00            Fishery Independent Surveys/Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (Dr. Kathryn Ford, NEFSC)

11:15            Council Planning (Executive Director Cate O’Keefe)                     

11:45             Other Business

12:00 p.m.    Council Adjourns

This meeting will be recorded, consistent with 16 USC 1852. Audio files of these recordings will be available on the NEFMC website.