![](media/image1.png){width="1.0465277777777777in"
height="1.0465277777777777in"} **Hotel Chateau LeMoyne**

301 Rue Dauphine

New Orleans, LA 70112;

Voice: (504) 581-1303

Fax: 1-504-523-5709

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| 9: | 15 | **Introductions & Opening         | Dr. Jim Balsiger,     |
| 00 |    | Remarks**                         | Acting Assistant      |
|    |    |                                   | Administrator for     |
|    |    |                                   | NOAA Fisheries        |
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| 9: | 15 | **Agenda Review:** Overview of    | Tom Billy, MAFAC      |
| 15 |    | Plenary, Subcommittee, and        | Liaison               |
|    |    | Working Group Agendas for the     |                       |
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| 9: | 60 | **New Member Orientation**        | Mark Holliday, NMFS   |
| 30 |    |                                   | Policy Office         |
|    |    | \- Overview of Committee purpose  |                       |
|    |    | and operations                    |                       |
|    |    |                                   |                       |
|    |    | \- MAFAC Member Handbook/Website  |                       |
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|    |    | \- Federal Advisory Committee Act |                       |
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|    |    | \- Travel briefing                |                       |
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| 1  | 15 | Break                             |                       |
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| 1  | 45 | **Ethics and Financial Disclosure | William Jacobi,       |
| 0: |    | Briefing**                        | Senior Counsel,       |
| 45 |    |                                   | Ethics Law and        |
| -1 |    |                                   | Programs Division     |
| 1: |    |                                   | ,Office of the        |
| 30 |    |                                   | General Counsel U.S.  |
|    |    |                                   | Department of         |
|    |    |                                   | Commerce \<by phone\> |
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| 11 | 30 | **Update Briefing -- Seafood      | Tim Hansen, Director, |
| :3 |    | Quality & Safety**                | NMFS Seafood          |
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| 1  | 60 | Lunch                             |                       |
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| 1: |    | **Subcommittee and Working Group  |                       |
| 00 |    | Briefings**                       |                       |
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|    | 1  | Strategic Planning, Budget and    | Jim Gilmore,          |
|    | :0 | Program Management Subcommittee   | Subcommittee Chair    |
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|    | 2  | Commerce Subcommittee             | Tom Billy,            |
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|    | 3  | Recreational Fisheries Working    | Bob Fletcher, Working |
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|    | 4  | Protected Resources Subcommittee  | Bob Fletcher,         |
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|    | 4  | Ecosystem Approach Subcommittee   | Chris Dorsett,        |
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| 5: |    | Adjourn                           |                       |
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| 8: | 45 | **Update Briefing -- MSRA     | Alan Risenhoover,         |
| 30 |    | Implementation**              | Director, NMFS Office of  |
|    |    |                               | Sustainable Fisheries     |
|    |    | Status, incl. NEPA, ACL rules |                           |
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| 9: | 45 | **Update Briefing --          | Gary Reisner, Director,   |
| 15 |    | Budget/Transition**           | NMFS Office of Management |
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| 1  | 45 | **Update Briefing -           | Mark Holliday, Director,  |
| 0: |    | Ecolabeling**                 | NMFS Policy Office        |
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| 11 |    | **Vision 2020 & Transition    | Tony DiLernia, Vision     |
| :0 |    | Reports**                     | 2020 Working Group        |
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| 1  |    | Yearly monitoring/refreshment | Jim Gilmore, Policy       |
| 2: |    | of 2020                       | Subcommittee Chair        |
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|    |    | Transition paper and          |                           |
|    |    | strategies                    |                           |
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| 1  | 60 | **Lunch**                     |                           |
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| 1  | 60 | **LAPPs in the Gulf of Mexico | Phil Steele, NOAA         |
| :0 |    | -- Discussion**               | Fisheries, Assistant      |
| 0- |    |                               | Regional Administrator    |
| 3: |    | **-** NMFS Southeast Regional | Sustainable Fisheries     |
| 00 |    | Office (15 min)               |                           |
|    |    |                               | Robert Gill, Commercial   |
|    |    | \- Gulf Mexico Reg. Fishery   | Fisherman, Gulf of Mexico |
|    |    | Mgt Council (15 min)          | Regional Fishery          |
|    |    |                               | Management Council member |
|    |    | \- Industry (15 min)          |                           |
|    |    |                               | William Tucker,           |
|    |    | \- LAPP -- Plans and Funding  | Commercial                |
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|    |    |                               | Fisherman, FL             |
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|    |    |                               | Alan Risenhoover,         |
|    |    |                               | Director, NMFS Office of  |
|    |    |                               | Sustainable Fisheries     |
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|    | 60 | **MAFAC Discussion**          |                           |
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| 3  | 45 | **Gulf Aquaculture Amendment  | Tom McIlwain, Chairman,   |
| :1 |    | Discussion**                  | Gulf of Mexico Regional   |
| 5- |    |                               | Fishery Management        |
| 5: |    | \- Gulf Council (15 min)      | Council                   |
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|    |    | \- Industry (15 min)          | Peter Smith               |
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|    |    | \- NOAA Aquaculture Program   | Sr. Vice President        |
|    |    | (15 min)                      |                           |
|    |    |                               | Waldemar S. Nelson and    |
|    |    |                               | Company, Inc.             |
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|    |    |                               | Michael Rubino, NOAA      |
|    |    |                               | Aquaculture Program       |
|    |    |                               | Manager                   |
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|    | 60 | **MAFAC Discussion**          |                           |
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| 5: |    | **Adjourn**                   |                           |
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| 8: | 1  | **Policies Influencing U.S.   | Phil Steele, NMFS SE      |
| 30 | 05 | Fisheries Infrastructure**    | Region Assistant Regional |
| -1 |    |                               | Administrator Sustainable |
| 0: |    | *Part I -- Gulf experience &  | Fisheries                 |
| 15 |    | Response to Hurricane events* |                           |
|    |    |                               | Larry Simpson, Executive  |
|    |    | \- NMFS SERO/Report to        | Dir., Gulf States Marine  |
|    |    | Congress (25 min)             | Fisheries Commission      |
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|    |    | \- GSMFC/ Emerg. Disaster     | Harlon Pearce, Commercial |
|    |    | Recovery Pgm. and Coastal     | Fisherman, Gulf Mexico    |
|    |    | Recovery (30 min)             | Council member, LA        |
|    |    |                               | Seafood Promotion &       |
|    |    | \- Industry Perspective (25   | Marketing Board           |
|    |    | min)                          |                           |
|    |    |                               | Rita Curtis, NMFS Office  |
|    |    | \- Fishing Communities:       | of Science and Technology |
|    |    | Socio-economic Data &         |                           |
|    |    | Research issues (25 min)      |                           |
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| 1  | 90 | **MAFAC Discussion**          |                           |
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| 1  | 60 | Lunch                         |                           |
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| 1  | 90 | **Policies Influencing U.S.   | Gary Reisner, Director,   |
| :0 |    | Fisheries Infrastructure**    | NMFS Office of Management |
| 0- |    |                               | and Budget                |
| 2: |    | *Part II -- Sustainable       |                           |
| 30 |    | fishing communities*          | Alan Risenhoover,         |
|    |    |                               | Director, NMFS Office of  |
|    |    | \- Industry Assistance        | Sustainable Fisheries     |
|    |    | (Fishery failure              |                           |
|    |    | regulations/Disaster          | Ralph Cantral, Senior     |
|    |    | Assistance; Vessel Buybacks;  | Advisor, NOS Office of    |
|    |    | Loan Programs) (30 min)       | Ocean and Coastal         |
|    |    |                               | Resource Management       |
|    |    | \- Capacity Reduction         |                           |
|    |    | Policies (Overcapacity Report |                           |
|    |    | to Congress) (30 min)         |                           |
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|    |    | \- National Ocean Service &   |                           |
|    |    | Preserving Working            |                           |
|    |    | Waterfronts (30 min)          |                           |
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| 2  | 60 | **MAFAC Discussion**          | []{.mark}                 |
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| 3: | 45 | **New Business; Review of     | []{.mark}                 |
| 45 |    | Action Items, Next Steps;     |                           |
|    |    | Time and Place, Agenda Next   |                           |
|    |    | Meeting**                     |                           |
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| 4: |    | **Adjourn**                   |                           |
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