April 2021 Habitat Protection & Ecosystem-Based Management AP Meeting
Date/Time:
at - at
Location:
Via webinar only
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Day 1 Overview – Anne Deaton, NCDMF
- Briefing on Recent Actions by the Council’s Habitat and Ecosystem Committee
a. March 2021 Committee – Steve Poland, Habitat and Ecosystem Committee Chair
(Attachment 2) - Status of Amendments Under Development
a. Update – Roger Pugliese - NOAA Fisheries EBFM Activities for the South Atlantic Region: Deliverables
Supporting FEP II Implementation
a. South Atlantic Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Use in Other Regions – Michael
Burton, NOAA Fisheries SEFSC Beaufort Lab – (Attachment 3)
b. South Atlantic Ecosystem Status Report and Use in Other Regions – Todd Kellison, and
Kevin Craig, NOAA Fisheries SEFSC – (Attachment 4)
c. Panel Member Discussion and Recommendations – Anne Deaton - Regional Conservation Blueprints
a. Presentation on Regional Conservation Blueprints – Rua Mordecai, Coordinator, South
Atlantic and Southeast Conservation Blueprints, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
– (Attachment 5)
b. Panel Member Discussion on regional collaboration – Anne Deaton
Melvin Bell, Chair | Stephen J. Poland, Vice Chair
John Carmichael, Executive Director
Thursday, April 15, 2021 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon and 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Day 2 Overview – Anne Deaton, NCDMF - EFH Policy Statement on Beach Dredging and Filling, Beach Renourishment and
Large-Scale Coastal Engineering (Attachment 6)
a. Presentation- Endangered Species Act- Biological Opinion for Beach, Sand Placement
and Dredging – NOAA SERO TBD – (Attachment 7)
b. Components from technical presentations (Attachments 8-10) made during the October
2020 Advisory Panel Webinar which can be addressed in policy revision – Cindy
Cooksey, NOAA Fisheries HCD and Anne Deaton, NCDMF
c. Panel Member Discussion and Recommendations on Policy Update – Anne Deaton - FEP II Implementation and Strategic Planning
a. FEP II Implementation Plan Two Year Roadmap- Overview of Accomplishments and
Needs – Roger Pugliese – (Attachments 11-12)
b. Panel Member Discussion and Recommendations – Anne Deaton - Development of a SAFMC Habitat Blueprint
a. Staff Overview of Development and Timing for SAFMC Habitat Blueprint –
(Attachment 13) - SAFMC Habitat and Ecosystem Webpages/Fishery Ecosystem Plan II Dashboard, and
Digital Dashboard and Web Services
a. SAFMC Habitat and Ecosystem Webpages/Fishery Ecosystem Plan II Dashboard, and
Digital Dashboard and Web Services – Roger Pugliese and Tina Udouj, FWRI –
(Attachments 14-15)
b. Panel Member Discussion and Recommendations – Anne Deaton
Friday, April 16, 2021 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon.
Day 3 Overview – Anne Deaton, NCDMF - BOEM Research and Energy Development
a. Update on BOEM Research and Energy Development Activities: Focus on Renewable
Energy – Kitty Hawk Wind/South Carolina Wind Call Areas- Brian Hooker, BOEM –
(Attachment 16)
b. Fisheries Evaluation for Kitty Hawk Wind – Rick Robins or Brian Benito Avangrid
Renewables – (Attachment 17) - Southeast Connectivity and Adaptation Strategy (SECAS)
a. Presentation on SECAS –Mallory Martin, SECAS Coordinator USFWS and Hilary Morris
User Support and Communications for the Southeast and South Atlantic Blueprints
USFWS (Attachment 18) - Update on Council Coordinating Committee Habitat Workgroup Activities
a. Presentation on CCC Habitat Workgroup activities and focus areas in 2021 – Roger
Pugliese
Other Business
Adjourn