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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 Wednesday, June 17, 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, June 23, 2026

9:00 a.m.      Introductions and Announcements (Council Chair Daniel Salerno)

9:05               NOAA Fisheries Opening Remarks (Assistant Administrator Eugenio Piñeiro-Soler)

9:30               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

11:00            Executive Order 14276 (Council Staff)            

11:45            Enforcement Committee Report (Council Staff)

12:15 p.m.    Lunch Break

1:30               NEFSC Fishery Monitoring and Research Division (Katherine “KB” McArdle, NEFSC)          

2:30               Atlantic Herring Committee Report  (Peter Whelan)          

4:15               Monkfish and Skate Coordinated Committee Report (Matt Gates, Scott Olszewski)

5:00               Council Adjourns

6:00               Council Public Outreach Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Magnuson-Stevens Act (Mystic Hilton)

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

9:00 a.m.      Scallop Committee Report (Melanie Griffin)

10:30            Habitat Committee Report (Melissa Smith)       

11:30            Holistic Strategic Plan Initiative (Council Staff)                

12:00            Open Period for Public Comment                 

12:15 p.m.    Lunch Break

1:30               Groundfish Committee Report (John Pappalardo)                       

3:15               Risk Policy Working Group Part 1 (Megan Ware)                       

4:30               Council Adjourns

4:35               Council Risk Policy Weighting (Closed Session) - Voting Council members complete global factor weighting 

Thursday, June 25, 2026

9:00 a.m.      Risk Policy Working Group Part 2 (Megan Ware)                    

10:00            Small-Mesh Multispecies (Whiting) Committee Report (Jackie Odell)                       

11:00            IRA: Ecosystem Component Species Analysis (Angelia Miller, Maris Collaborative)                      

12:00            Council Planning (Executive Director Cate O’Keefe)                       

12:15             Other Business

12:30 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.