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November 19-20, 2012 Inaugural RPB Meeting The inaugural Northeast RPB meeting was held on November 19-20, 2012, in Portland, Maine. Products from this meeting are now available including the:
November 14, 2017— Webinar available for remote access to November 15 RPB Data Workshop.
More...| November 2012 | Inaugural Northeast RPB Meeting: Develop common understanding about the RPB; provide context and lay foundation of regional ocean planning; engage stakeholders and the public, discuss initial focus. |
| April 2013 | Northeast RPB Meeting: Northeast RPB Meeting: Identify draft goals for regional ocean planning and mechanisms for receiving public input about those draft goals; provide opportunities for public input about topics under consideration. |
| May/June 2013 | Public Comment Meetings: Ten public meetings throughout New England to discuss draft regional ocean planning goals. |
| January | Northeast RPB Meeting: approve goals and objectives; move forward on related tasks. |
| May/June | Public Engagement: Natural Resources Workshops and focused engagement to discuss progress toward goals of effective Decision-Making and Healthy Ocean and Coastal Ecosystems. |
| June | Northeast RPB Meeting: Review progress toward all goals. |
| Fall | Public meetings/workshops and Northeast RPB meeting: Feedback on progress toward each goal. |
| Spring | Stakeholder Forum: Review progress on the use of marine life and ocean use data, regulatory coordination, and future scenario development. |
| June | Northeast RPB Meeting: Review approach to developing draft plan by considering agency use of ocean plan data products; discuss draft outline for regional ocean plan. |
| Fall | Northeast RPB meeting and public meetings: Review revised products for each goal; discuss future work of the RPB. |
| Winter | EBM Working Group: Review progress on Draft Northeast Ocean Plan, marine life and habitat data product development, including IEAs Framework. |
| Spring | Northeast RPB Meeting (via webinar): Release Draft Plan for public review. |
| Summer | Collect public comment on the Draft Plan through public meetings and other opportunities. |
| Fall | September public webinar to review changes to the Draft Plan and October submittal of revised Plan to the National Ocean Council. |
| Winter | Northeast RPB members and federal principals of the National Ocean Council sign Plan Adoption Memo. |
| Spring | See Events and Meetings |
| April | Informational webinar to prepare for stakeholder forum. |
| May | Stakeholder forum and RPB public meeting. |