11:00 a.m.

Welcome—John Steele, Chair, and Susan Roberts, Study Director

11:15 p.m.

Sponsor perspectives—Michael Sissenwine, National Marine Fisheries Service

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Jeremy Collie presents overview of effects of mobile gear on seafloor habitats

1:40p.m.

Peter Auster presents overview of effects on benthic communities

2:20 p.m.

Joe DeAlteris presents overview of gear versus natural disturbance

3:00 p.m.

Open session adjourns for the day

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and introduction—John Steele, Chair

9:00 a.m.

Gear Effects

Overview—Joe DeAlteris

9:15 a.m.

Types of bottom fishing gear and interaction with the seabed—Arnie Carr, Massachusetts

Department of Fisheries

9:45 a.m.

Sediment resuspension by mobile fishing gear—Jim Churchill, Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

The effect of bottom tending mobile gear in New England: A conservation perspective— Anthony Chatwin, Conservation Law Foundation

11:00 a.m.

Problems with the environmental assessments of bottom trawling and scallop dredging— Chris Zeman, American Oceans Campaign

11:30 a.m.

General Discussion

12:00 p.m.

Lunch—

Preliminary balance sheet for Georges Bank closed areas—Brian Rothschild, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

1:00 p.m.

Gear effect and habitat studies in Georges Bank closed areas—Frank Almeida, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NMFS

1:30 p.m.

Habitat concerns of the New England Fishery Management Council—Tom Hill, Chair, New England Fishery Management Council

2:00 p.m.

Marine habitat management in Maine—Linda Mercer, Maine Department of Marine Resources

2:30 p.m.

Management considerations for implementing habitat protection measures—Andy Rosenberg, University of New Hampshire

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:15 p.m.

A fisherman’s perspective on trawling—Bill Amaru, Fisherman and New England Fishery Management Council Member

3:45 p.m.

Fishing gear and impacts of small boat trawlers—David Goethel, Fisherman

4:00 p.m.

Trawling and dredging effects: An industry perspective—Nils Stolpe, Garden State Seafood Association

4:30 p.m.

General Discussion

5:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourns for the day

1:00 p.m.

Welcome and introduction—John Steele, Chair

1:30 p.m.

Management of bottom gear in the Gulf of Mexico with emphasis on trawling and thoughts on impacts to essential fish habitat—Rick Leard, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council

2:00 p.m.

State management of bottom trawl fisheries—Jeff Rester, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission

2:30 p.m.

Discussion

3:00 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Recommendations for addressing the impacts of bottom trawling in the Gulf of Mexico— Chris Dorsett, Gulf Restoration Network

4:00 p.m.

Recommendations to reduce the negative effects of trawling on Gulf of Mexico essential fish habitat—Pam Baker, Environmental Defense

4:30 p.m.

The effects of bottom trawling on seafloor habitats of the western Gulf of Mexico: Trawling refugia and ecosystem considerations—Benny Gallaway, Texas Shrimp Association

5:00 p.m.

General discussion

5:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourns for the day

5:30 p.m.

Reception in the Garden Terrace for committee members, speakers, and attendees

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and introduction—John Steele, Chair

9:00 a.m.

Shrimp trawl impacts on the bottom—David Harrington, University of Georgia

9:30 a.m.

Distribution of shrimp trawling effort in the Gulf of Mexico—Pete Sheridan, NMFS Galveston

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:15 a.m.

Developing research priorities for the Southeast Region—Alonzo Hamilton, NMFS Pascagoula

10:45 a.m.

Review of fishing gear used in the Southeast Region and their potential impact on essential fish habitat—Mike Barnette, NMFS St. Petersburg

11:15 a.m.

Oculina Banks—Felicia Coleman, Florida State University

11:30 a.m.

General discussion

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Open session adjourns for the day

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

Overview of North Pacific ecosystem and fisheries—Gordon Kruse, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

1:00 p.m.

Management perspectives on effects of bottom trawling on marine habitat off Alaska—Chris Oliver, Dave Witherell, and Cathy Coon, North Pacific Fishery Management Council

1:30 p.m.

A trawl industry perspective on the seafloor effects of trawling off Alaska—John Gauvin, Groundfish Forum; Bill Hayes, Commercial Fisherman

2:10 p.m.

Commercial flatfish fishing in the Bering Sea: Experimental trawling and implications for long-term change—Eloise Brown, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

2:30 p.m.

Trawl dynamics and its potential impact on habitat—Gary Loverich, NET-systems

2:50 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Canadian research on mobile gear impacts on seabed habitat and communities—Don Gordon, Bedford Institute of Oceanography

3:30 p.m.

Fishing gear impacts on benthic habitat in Alaska, Part 1: Overview of research program— Jon Heifetz, AFSC Auke Bay

4:00 p.m.

Fishing gear impacts on benthic habitat in Alaska, Part 2: Development of alternatives to protect habitat—Jon Heifetz, AFSC Auke Bay

4:30 p.m.

Mapping essential fish habitat—Mike Payne et al., National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region

5:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion

5:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourns for the day

8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

Application of first principles to understanding impacts of mobile fishing gear on the marine benthos—Les Watling, University of Maine

9:00 a.m.

Integrating use, management, and protection of the ocean bottom—Mark Powell, Center for Marine Conservation

9:20 a.m.

Sustainable fisheries in light of scientific uncertainty—Ben Enticknap, Alaska Marine Conservation Council

9:40 a.m.

PMCC: Creating an incentive system for sustainable fisheries—Caroline Gibson, Pacific Marine Conservation Council

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:10 a.m.

The scallop fishery in Alaska—Teressa Kandianis, Kodiak Fish Company

10:30 a.m.

Trawling and the Pacific fishing industry—Ralph Brown, groundfish trawler and member of the Pacific Fishery Management Council

10:50 a.m.

Trawling and the North Pacific fishing industry—Trevor McCabe, AtSea Processors Association

11:10 a.m.

Habitat protection in the face of uncertainty—Francine Bennis, Alaska Ocean Network

11:30 a.m.

Panel discussion

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Open session adjourns