Dan Hull, Chairman
David Witherell, Executive Director
SUBJECT: title
Committees and Tasking - Review
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STAFF CONTACT: Diana Evans (NPFMC)
ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
* Review Committees
* Provide direction for Tasking and Scheduling
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BACKGROUND:
Committees
Attached is the updated Council committee list reflecting Council changes in February 2018. Also at the February meeting, the Council solicited nominations for a reconstituted EM Workgroup that focuses on developing EM use on trawl catcher vessels. The current structure of the EM Workgroup includes both appointed members representing industry sectors and EM providers, and various member agencies (Council, NMFS Alaska Region, NMFS Observer Program, PSMFC, IPHC, etc.) who send representatives. The scheduled May 15th EMWG meeting will be a transition meeting including both outgoing fixed gear members and incoming trawl members. The Council received several nominations from representatives of trawl catcher vessels and EM providers, and the Chairman will appoint new members at this meeting.
The Enforcement Committee is meeting on April 3rd, and there may be items from the balance of their minutes that they wish to present during this agenda item.
Additionally, the Pacific Northwest Crab Interagency Advisory Committee (PNCIAC) held their annual meeting on February 21st, and the PNCIAC Chairman, Lance Farr, is here to present a report from that meeting. PNCIAC has also submitted two letters to the Council, which are attached to this agenda item.
Committee and Plan Team meetings that are currently anticipated between April and June include:
* Crab Plan Team meeting, May 7-10, AFSC, Seattle, WA
* Social Science Planning Team meeting, May 8-9, Anchorage, AK
* OAC subgroup teleconference, May 11, 9-noon (AK time)
* EM Workgroup meeting, May 15, AFSC, Seattle, WA
* Observer Advisory Committee, May 16-17, AFSC, Seattle, WA
* Ecosystem Committee, June 5, Kodiak, AK
Tasking and Scheduling
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