July 2025 Habitat and Ecosystem AP Meeting

Meeting Agenda & Briefing Materials

The Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel (AP) meeting will be held July 15, 2025, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.; July 16, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.; and July 17, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., EDT.

Meeting information, including agendas, webinar registration, and briefing book materials, are posted as they become available.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

• Approval of Agenda
• October 2024 Meeting Minutes
• Public Comment

1. Integration of Revised Food Webs and Connectivity Policy Information into EFH designations Presentation (Attachment 1)
2. Alterations to the Riverine, Estuarine, and Nearshore Flows Policy Presentation (Attachment 2)
3. Space Industry Activity Impacts on Habitat Presentation (Attachment 3)

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

8:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

4. Habitat Conservation Division (HDC) Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultations and dredging projects
   1. Review of HCD Consultations for 2024 Presentation (Attachment 4a)
   2. Impacts of Beneficial Use of Dredging Material Projects Presentation (Attachment 4b)
   3. Summary of Knowledge on Beneficial Use of Dredging Material Projects Presentation (Attachment 4c)
5. Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Project Presentation (Attachment 5)
6. Telecommunication Subsea Fiber Cables Presentation (Attachment 6)
7. Resilient Fisheries Projects Overview and EFH Project Presentation (Attachment 7)

• Loss of Changing Ecosystems and Fisheries Initiative (no attachment)

Thursday, July 17, 2025

8:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.

8. 2029 EFH 5-year review presentation (Attachment 8)
9. Outstanding Habitat Blueprint Tasks Presentation (Attachment 9)
10. Review HEAP workplan 2025-2028 and Future Meetings
    1. HEAP Workplan 2025 – 2028 and future meetings Presentation (Attachment 10a)
    2. HEAP Workplan 2025-2028 (Attachment 10b)

• Other Business
• Public Comment
• Adjourn

Staff Contact

• Kathleen Howington

  Habitat & Ecosystem Scientist

  kathleen.howington@safmc.net