The purpose of this meeting will be for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Subgroup to prepare for the upcoming Coastal and Marine Working Group meeting on Tuesday, April 23rd. Small group members will be discussing their in-progress strategies, recommendations, and actions with a specific focus on addressing plans for and feasibility of implementation. This is a chance to provide feedback on funding, research, or other supports needed to take the developed recommendations and make them reality.

1) Working group check-in and updates

2) Review updated document language

3) Identify questions for Commissioner Keliher related to updated document priorities

4) Other business

The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future’s (GOPIF) has contracted with a team at the University of Maine Mitchell Center. The Mitchell Center will be supporting Work Groups in the following ways:

9:00a.m. to 9:15a.m. -- Welcome + agenda

9:15a.m. to 10:15a.m. -- Listening and Learning session; Understanding how DMR is Thinking About Climate Change Impacts to Fisheries

10:15a.m. to 10:45a.m. -- Adapting to Climate Change; Industry Perspectives and Challenges

10:45a.m. to 11:10a.m. -- Brief subcommittee updates

11:10a.m. to 11:20a.m. -- Public comment period

11:20a.m. to 12:00p.m. -- Outline next steps for the Working Group

12:00p.m. -- Adjourn

• 1:55 PM: Zoom users sign on
• 2:00 PM: Welcome
• 2:15 PM: Round table discussion with Governor Mills
• 3:15 PM: Maine Climate Council discussion
• 4:30 PM: Adjourn

A video recording of this meeting is available on the Maine Climate Council YouTube channel.

1:00-1:15 Welcome

• Welcome, logistics, zoom protocols, land acknowledgement.
• Update on WG, Steering, MCC

1:15-1:45 Update and Discussion about assessment report process

• Timeline and logistics
• Information Needs section

1:45-3:30 What are the key draft science Information Needs for our final 2024 assessment report?

•    9:00 AM: Welcome
•    9:10 AM: Engaging with Priority Populations, UMaine (TBD)
•    9:50 AM: Eelgrass Monitoring Work, DEP (TBD
•    10:15 AM: Brief Subcommittee Updates
•    10:50 AM: Public Input
•    11:00 PM: Subcommittee Breakouts
•    12:00 PM: Adjourn

*Working Group and Subcommi6ee meeting materials are publicly available on a shared folder: https://tinyurl.com/48arx8hc

Agenda in progress

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To find a carpool using the GO Maine website:

Agenda in progress

To request interpretation services (American Sign Language) or spoken language interpretation services (Somali, Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese-Mandarin, Khmer, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese) for this meeting, or to request other accommodations, please email maineclimatecouncil@maine.gov. 

To find a carpool using the GO Maine website:

Agenda: Precise Times Subject to Change 

• 12:30pm: Welcome, Accept Meeting Minutes from March MMTF meeting and small group discussion (available in March 22nd MMTF Meeting Resources), Introductions if needed. 
• 12:40pm: Presentations and Q&A  
• 10 minutes: Maine Food Loss and Waste Study 
• 10 minutes: Q&A 
• 1:00pm: Proposed Policy Recommendations Discussion 
• 1:45pm: Break 
• 2:00pm: Proposed Policy Recommendations Discussion Continued 
• 3:30pm: Meeting Adjourns