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Tuesday, December 1, 2015
9:00 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 Council
11:15 Spiny Dogfish Report
12:30 p.m. Lunch Break
1:30 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 meeting
Wednesday, 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 Break
1:30 Groundfish Report/Framework Adjustment 55
Thursday, December 3, 2015
8:30 a.m. Finalize NEFMC Management Priorities for 2016
10:00 Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) Briefing
10:45 Research Steering Committee Report
11:00 Scallop Committee Report
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
3:00 Other Business