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May 2024 HMS Advisory Panel Meeting

NOAA Fisheries will hold a meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel May 14-16, 2024. This meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast via webinar.

Meeting |
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Southeast

About

The intent of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel meeting is to consider options for the conservation and management of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species.

Discussion topics will include:

  • Outcomes of the 2023 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Annual Meeting
  • Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery update: management and recent trends
  • Atlantic shark fishery update: management and recent trends
  • Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan regarding spatial management
  • Atlantic highly migratory species fishing gear considerations

Other NOAA Fisheries offices and the U.S. Coast Guard will provide updates, if available, on activities relevant to Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries.

Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Join link:
https://noaanmfs-meets.webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/j.php?MTID=m06894bb5ccfee7da69b322fcec219947

Webinar number:
2824 648 8899

Webinar password:
dpF3TBd (3733823 from phones and video systems)

Join by phone
+1-415-527-5035 ; Access code: 282 464 88899

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Time

Subject

Presenter

9:00Webinar Set UpBennett Brooks
9:30Welcome/IntroductionsKelly Denit
9:45

Overview Presentation

Presentation

HMS Staff
10:45Break 
11:00

Results of the 2023 ICCAT Annual Meeting

Presentation

Walt Golet
11:30Lunch 
1:00

Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery update: management and recent trends

Presentation

HMS Staff
2:15Break 
2:30

Rulemaking Update 

Presentation

HMS Staff
3:15

EFH Final 5-Year Review

Presentation

HMS Staff
4:30Public Comment 
4:45Daily Wrap-up 
5:00AdjournBennett Brooks

Join link:
https://noaanmfs-meets.webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/j.php?MTID=m13b358abf936383e0c27a95cad850b7a

Webinar number:
2821 485 0855

Webinar password:
BsP4HN4 (2774464 from phones and video systems)

Join by phone
+1-415-527-5035 ; Access code: 282 148 50855

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Time

Subject

Presenter

9:15Meeting Set-Up 
9:30Welcome/RecapBennett Brooks
9:45

Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan regarding spatial management

Presentation

HMS Staff
10:45Break 
11:00Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan regarding spatial management continuedHMS Staff
12:00Lunch 
1:30

DWH Restoration Update

Presentation

Jamie Reinhardt, NOAA Office of Habitat Conservation
2:15

Enforcement Update

Law Enforcement Presentation

Coast Guard Presentation

USCG; NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
3:15Break 
3:30

Atlantic shark fishery update: management and recent trends

Presentation

HMS Staff
4:30Public Comment 
4:45Daily Wrap-up 
5:00AdjournBennett Brooks

Join link:
https://noaanmfs-meets.webex.com/noaanmfs-meets/j.php?MTID=m586b82ddfd2bf54e01ccfd64dfd36a94

Webinar number:
2829 262 7388

Webinar password:
DXm2gU (396248 from phones and video systems)

Join by phone
+1-415-527-5035 ; Access code: 282 926 27388

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Time

Subject

Presenter

8:30Meeting Set-upBennett Brooks
9:00Welcome/RecapBennett Brooks 
9:15

Atlantic highly migratory species fishing gear considerations: buoy gear, deep-set pelagic longline, bait nets, spearguns

Presentation

HMS Staff
10:15Break 
10:30Leadership UpdateSam Rauch, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs
11:00

Logic Model Description for Exploring Fishery Issues

Presentation

HMS Staff
11:30Public Comment 
11:45Daily Wrap-upBennett Brooks
12:00Adjourn 

Last updated by Office of Sustainable Fisheries on 07/17/2024