Reserve Advisory Council: 2016 Meetings

November 2016

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)
NOAA Inouye Regional Center
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818
Koʻolau Haka Conference Room #1564

• Agenda
• Minutes from the July 28, 2016 Meeting
• Report from the USCG for the 11.16.16 Council Meeting
• Letter Proposed for Advisory Council Chairs Sign-On
• A Five-Year Strategy for the National Marine Sanctuary System
• National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Chairs Webinar Agenda
• National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Chairs Webinar Notes
• Presentation by Christopher Kelley, HURL
• Presentation Outline by David Itano, Fisheries Consultant
• Climate Indicators Summary November 2016 - PMNM Climate Change Working Group
• Planning and Evaluation Update presented by ONMS
• PMNM Expansion Implementation presented by ONMS
• ONMS Report for RAC Powerpoint
• Overview of Fishery Management Process
• Kure Atoll Summer 2016 presented by State of Hawaii
• ONMS Report for RAC
• Presidential Proclamation 9478
• Cretaceous Seamounts Video

July 2016

Thursday, July 28, 2016 (9:00 am – 3:30 pm)
Pagoda Floating Restaurant & Catering
1525 Rycroft Street, Honolulu
International Ballroom, First Floor
(Paid parking is available in the Ross Dress for Less structure across Kanunu Street.)
* Please note that the RAC agenda does not consider any action items relating to the proposed expansion of the current Monument.

1. Press Release
2. Draft Agenda
3a. Minutes from the May 12, 2016 Meeting
3b. Minutes from the June 8, 2016 Ad Hoc Meeting
4a. May 12, 2016 Letter from the RAC to John Armor Regarding Sanctuary Designation
4b. July 21, 2016 Response Letter from John Armor to the RAC Regarding Sanctuary Designation
5. July 12, 2016 Letter from the RAC to John Armor Re. the Proposed Expansion of PMNM
6. Report from the USCG for the 7.28.16 Council Meeting
7. Report from the ONMS for the 7.28.16 Council Meeting
8. 2015 Permitted Activities Report
9. Resolution Honoring Aunty Laura Thompson for Her Service on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
10. Presentation on the ONMS Report
11. Presentation by FWS, PMNM Climate Change Working Group on Climate Indicators Update
12. Presentation by PIRO, Protected Resources Division on Protected Species Updates
13. Presentation by ONMS on the PMNM 2015 Permitted Activities Report

June 2016

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 (1:00 pm – 4:30 pm)
NOAA Fisheries, 1139 N. Nimitz Highway, Honolulu
Suite 220, Conference Room, accessible through a separate entrance marked with the NOAA logo in back of Uncle's
(Free parking is available in the large lot adjacent to Nimitz Highway.)

• Press Release
• Draft Agenda
• Draft Notes from the May 12, 2016 Meeting Relevant to the June 8, 2016 Meeting

• 1.A Notes from David Laist on Monk Seal Foraging Areas
• 1.B Foraging Behavior . . . of Resident and Translocated Hawaiian Monk Seals
• 1.C Foraging and migration of black-footed albatross - notes
• 1.C.i Foraging and migration of black-footed albatross - figure
• 1.D Letter from the RAC to President Obama Re. PRIMNM Expansion 8.15.14

• 2.A. Don Schug's Comments on WPRFMC letter to President Obama
• 2.A.i Total HI Longline Catch and Effort
• 2.A.ii (Figure 3) Number of hooks of longliners in Hawaii 1991-2014
• 2.A.iii (Figure 1) Spatial Distribution of Observed Hooks
• 2.A.iv (Figure 4) Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Longline Quotas
• 2.B Letter from WP Council to President Obama re. PMNM Proposed Expansion
• 2.C Letter from Paul Dalzell in Response to Don Schug's Comments 6.5.16
• 2.D Letter from Mike Goto in response to Don Schug's Comments
• 2.E Scientific Literature on Lack of Spillover Benefits from NWHI to MHI
• 2.F Rivera etal JMB 2011
• 2.G PONE-S-16-20408
• 2.H Image - Deepset 1991-2004
• 2.I Image - Deepset 2005-2015
• 2.J Image - Shallowset 1991-2004
• 2.K Image - Shallowset 2005-2015

• NMSAS RMNM management information

• 4. OHA comments to NWHICRER AC 6 8 16 meeting

• General - Notes from Jessica Wooley for 6.8.16 Meeting

• Comment and Supporting Documents from Conservation Council for Hawaii
• Comment and Supporting Documents from Kealoha Pisciotta

• Correspondence between Don Schug and Daniel Wagner re. Seamounts in PMNM and Proposal
• Figure of Seamounts with Summits Less Than 1000 m below Surface in PMNM and Proposal
• Puʻuhonua, a Place of Sanctuary Submitted by William Aila, Jr.
• Public Comment Submitted by Tony Costa

• Chris Kelley Correspondence

May 2016

Thursday, May 12, 2016 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)
NOAA Inouye Regional Center
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818
Koʻolau Haka Conference Room #1564

• Draft Agenda
• Press Release
• Draft Minutes of the 1.25.16 Council Meeting
• Draft Letter to John Armor c/o Athline Clark Regarding the Sanctuary Designation Process
• Report from the State of Hawaiʻi for the 5.12.16 Council Meeting
• Report from the ONMS for the 5.12.16 Council Meeting
• Report from the USCG for the 5.12.16 Council Meeting
• Presentation on the ONMS Report
• Presentation by the ONMS on the 2015 and 2016 Okeanos Explorer Expeditions
• Presentation by the ONMS on Maritime Heritage Activities in the Monument
• Presentation by the USCG on the Kure Atoll Remediation Project
• Presentation by Robert H. Richmond, Ph.D. on the Scientific Support for PMNM Expansion
• Presentation by Kekuewa Kikiloi, Ph.D. on the Cultural Support for PMNM Expansion
• Presentation by Sol Kahoʻohalahala: “Expand PMNM: A sanctuary for the generations of Nā Keiki and their Ocean Heritage”
• Letter from the WP Council to President Obama re: the Proposed Expansion of PMNM

January 2016

Monday, January 25, 2016 (9:00 am – 4:00 pm)
NOAA Inouye Regional Center
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818
Koʻolau Haka Conference Room #1564

• Draft Agenda
• Press Release