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March 2010 [Regulatory Deadlines]

Mar 1.  NMFS to release draft Steller Sea Lion Biological Opinion) for public comment

Mar 2
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 Deadline for BOF comments Statewide Finfish, and Supplemental Issues

Mar 2-3
ASMI Board, Baranof Hotel, Juneau

Mar 3.
 US house Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife hearing on NMFS enforcement, DC 

Mar 3.
  US Senate – hearing on budget for NOAA

Mar 3-4
.  Scallop Plan Team, Juneau

Mar 8-12.
  Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (Review BiOp), Juneau

Mar 11
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 Comments due on NMFS proposed rule --Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; National Standard 2—Scientific Information (12/11) 

Mar 14-16
International Boston Seafood Show   

Mar 15.
  Go Wild, Alaska Style!, Boston 2010 Alaska seafood industry reception in Boston, a ticketed event. 

Mar 16-21
BOF Statewide Finfish/Supplemental Issues, Anchorage Proposals  Legal Notice
Agenda       Roadmap     Dept. Comments 

Mar 29-Apr 1.
  Crab Plan Team, AFSC Seattle

April-December 2010

Apr (TBA).  Non-Target Species

Apr 6-13
.  NPFMC, Anchorage

Apr 6-9.
 National Marine Animal Health and Stranding Network Conference, Shepherdstown, WV

Apr 9.
  BOF 2010-2011 Proposals Due

April 10.
  Comments due on NOAA Draft Catch Share Policy

Apr 13-16.
 NPRB Science Panel 

Apr 15.
 AK Gubernatorial Fisheries Debate on Thursday, 7-9pm, Kodiak 

Apr 15-17.
 ComFish Trade Show & Policy Forum, Kodiak

Apr 16-30.
 16th Western Groundfish Conference, Juneau

Apr 19
.  Comments due on Amendment 91 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI Management Area to manage Chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery

Apr 25-29Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fishing:  Forecasting Impacts, Assessing Ecosystem Responses, and Evaluating Management Strategies.  Sendai, Japan  Agenda 

Apr 27-29. 
European Seafood Exposition, Brussels

May 3-4. 
NPRB Advisory Panel

May 5-6
NPRB

May 11-13.
  Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum, Beaufort, NC

Jun 7-14
.  NPFMC, Sitka

Jun 9-12. 
Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

Jun 15-17.
  World Ocean Council “Sustainable Ocean Summit”, Belfast, Ireland 

Jun 25-26
Fish Ireland 2010, Killybegs, Ireland

Jul 7-10.
 Copper River Wild Salmon Festival, Cordova  

Aug 27.
  BOF ACR deadline

Aug TBD. NPRB Science Panel 

Sep 20-24.
(Approx).  Groundfish Plan Teams, Seattle

Sep 20-21. 
NPRB Advisory Panel

Sep 22-24
.   NPRB

Oct 4-11.  NPFMC, Anchorage

Oct 13-14.
  BOF Worksession ACRs, cycle organization, stocks of concern.  Kenai or Soldotna. 

Oct 22-31.
  PICES Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (North Pacific Ecosystems Today, and Challenges in Understanding and Forecasting Change)  

Nov 1-5.
  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Annual Meeting, Busan, Korea

Nov 8-11.
26th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium.  Ecosystems 2010: Global Progress on Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management.  Anchorage 

Nov 14-17.  NOAA.  Energy Uses in the Fisheries:  Improving Efficiency and Technological Innovations from a Global Perspective, Seattle Sheraton 

Nov 15-17.  BOF Lower Cook Inlet Finfish, Homer. 

Nov 15-19.  Groundfish Plan Team, Seattle

Dec 6-13.  NPFMC, Anchorage

Fish Calendar 2011

Jan 10-14.  BOF Kodiak finfish, Kodiak. 

Jan 16-18. 
BOF Chignik finfish, Anchorage. 

Jan 31-Feb 8
.  NPFMC, Seattle

Feb 9-11.
 SWAMC’s 2011 Economic Summit & Membership Meeting

Feb 20-Mar 5
.  BOF upper Cook Inlet finfish, Anchorage. 

Mar 22-27.
 BOF King and Tanner Crab (Statewide, except Southeast/Yakutat) and Supplemental Issues, Anchorage

Mar 28-Apr 5.  NPFMC, Anchorage

Apr 26-27.  NPRB Advisory Panel

Apr 28-29.  NPRB  

Mar.  North American Association of Fisheries Economists, Honolulu, HI 

Jun TBD.  NPFMC

Sep.  Lowell Wakefield Symposium:  Fishing People of the North: Cultures, Economies, and Management Responding to Change

Sep 13-14. NPRB Advisory Panel

Sep 15-16. NPRB  

Sep 26. NPFMC, Unalaska

Dec 5-13.  NPFMC, Anchorage