Wednesday, May 7 |
| 9:00-9:30 AM | Registration |
| 9:30-9:40 AM | Welcome from Co-chairs/Housekeeping
(David Hoskins, Assistant Director, Fish and Aquatic Conservation
Dr. Mark Schaefer, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Conservation & Management & NOAA Deputy Administrator
Peg Brady, Senior Policy Liaison to the NISC & ANSTF) |
| 9:40-9:45 AM | (#1) Self Introductions (name and agency) |
| 9:45-9:55 AM | (#2) Adoption of Agenda/Approval of Minutes/Review of Previous Action Items
Action items from the November 2013 meeting:- Executive Secretary will follow-up with Brian Goodwin (American Boat and Yacht Council) about establishing
a committee to address recommendations for reducing the spread of AIS through boats. She will notify the ANSTF
members of any opportunities to volunteer for this committee. - Executive Secretary will email ANSTF members to remind all of the opportunity to volunteer for the Outreach Committee
and NISAW Planning Committee. - Executive Secretary will send ANSTF members the membership list for the Invasive Species Caucus. (Completed)
- Bill Bolen will provide an eDNA toolkit.
- Executive Secretary will contact panels for funding information followed up by a conference call.
- Presentations from the fracking industry will be sought for the Spring ANSTF meeting.
- FWS will work with Wildlife Forever to improve communications on Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! (SAH!)
- NOAA will follow-up with the WRP on a Pacific states tunicate workshop.
- Ballast Water Workshop Report will be disseminated to the ANSTF for review.
- The co-chairs will provide guidance to the ANSTF members and panels for their input for the Report to Congress.
- Provide Brian Goodwin with Colorado's inspection and decontamination manuals.
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| 9:55-10:55 AM | (#3) Discussion: FY14 ANSTF Budget Overview
(David Hoskins, FWS) |
| 10:55-11:10 AM | BREAK |
| 11:10-11:40 AM | (#4) Informational: QZAP Update
(Dave Britton, FWS/John Wullschleger, NPS/ Elizabeth Brown, Colorado Parks and Wildlife/Tom McMahon, Arizona Game & Fish) |
| 11:40-12:00 PM | (#5) Discussion: Inspection and Decontamination Model Legislation for States
(Elizabeth Brown, CO Parks and Wildlife/Tom McMahon, Arizona Game & Fish) |
| 12:00-1:15 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:15-1:30 PM | (#6) Informational: Addressing AIS Issues at Federally-managed Water Bodies
(Lori Williams, NISC/Craig Martin, FWS) |
| 1:30-1:40 PM | (#7) Informational: Legislative Update
(Craig Martin, FWS/Lori Williams, NISC) |
| 1:40-2:00 PM | (#8) Discussion: Status of Recreational, Water Garden and Classroom Guidelines and Outreach Committee Update
(Laura Norcutt, FWS) |
| 2:00-2:10 PM | (#9) Informational: Research on Ballast Tank Filters
(Elizabeth Brown, CO Parks and Wildlife) |
| 2:10-2:30 PM | (#10) Informational: Emergency Treatment of Marine Vessel Ballast Water
(Phyllis Green, Isle Royale National Park Superintendent via Webinar) |
| 2:30-2:50 PM | (#11) Discussion: Wake boats as a novel source of AIS transfer: Potential for spread, possible solutions
(Tim Campbell, Wisconsin Sea Grant) |
| 2:50-3:05 PM | BREAK |
| 3:05-3:25 PM | (#12) Discussion: Boat Construction in Consideration of AIS
(Brian Goodwin, ABYC) |
| 3:25-3:45 PM | (#13) Informational: Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Update
(Pat Conzemius, Wildlife Forever via Webinar) |
| 3:45-3:55 PM | (#14) Decisional: ANSTF Involvement with National Invasive Species Awareness Week
(Lori Williams, NISC)
Decision - The ANSTF agrees to participate during NISAW.
Yes __________ No __________ Additional Action __________ |
| 3:55-4:15 PM | (#15) Informational: Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin Study
(Dave Wethington P.E., GLMRIS CAWS Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Chicago District) |
| 4:15-4:45 PM | (#16) Informational: Next steps in preventing Asian carp and AIS moving through the Chicago Area Waterway System
(Bill Bolen, U.S. EPA and Erika Jensen, Great Lake Commission) |
| 4:45-4:50 PM | (#17) Informational: eDNA Information Clearinghouse Website
(Bill Bolen, U.S. EPA/Kelly Baerwaldt, FWS via teleconference)
Decision - The ANSTF agrees to develop an eDNA information clearinghouse on the ANSTF website.
Yes __________ No __________ Additional Action __________ |
| 4:50-4:55 PM | Public Comment |
| 4:55 PM | Adjourn |
Thursday, May 8 |
| 8:30-10:00 AM | (#18) Informational: Member Updates (5 min. each) |
| 10:00-10:15 AM | (#19) Decisional: Approval of Revisions to the Lake Tahoe AIS Management Plan
(Dennis M. Zabaglo, Lake Tahoe AIS & Watercraft Programs Coordinator)
Decision - The ANSTF approves the revised Tahoe ANS Management Plan.
Yes __________ No __________ Additional Action __________ |
| 10:15-10:35 AM | BREAK |
| 10:35-10:55 AM | (#20) Informational: Implementation of Invasive Species efforts for National Arctic Strategy
(Presenting: Phillip Andreozzi, NISC/Peg Brady, NOAA,) |
| 10:55-11:15 AM | (#21) Informational: Updates on Climate Change Report and Pathway Management Plan Guidance
(Stas Burgiel, NISC) |
| 11:15-11:30 AM | (#22) Informational: Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Development as an AIS Pathway
(H. Jason Harmon, PhD, West Virginia DEP via teleconference) |
| 11:30-11:45 AM | (#23) Discussion: Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Development as an AIS Pathway |
| 11:45-11:50 AM | (#24) Informational: Tunicate Workshop
(Peg Brady, NOAA) |
| 11:50-1:10 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:10-1:30 PM | (#25) Decisional: Snakehead Management and Control Plan
(Laura Norcutt, FWS)
Decision - The ANSTF approves the Snakehead Management and Control Plan.
Yes __________ No __________ Additional Action __________ |
| 1:30-1:40 PM | (#26) Informational: National Invasive Lionfish Prevention and Management Plan
(James Ballard, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission) |
| 1:40-2:00 PM | (#27) Discussion: NOAA Habitat Focus Areas
(Dan Farrow, NOAA Fisheries) |
| 2:00-2:20 PM | (#28) Informational: Invasive Catfish in the Chesapeake Bay
(Bruce Vogt, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chesapeake Bay Office) |
| 2:20-2:35 PM | (#29) Informational: Ballast Water Research
(John Darling, EPA via teleconference) |
| 2:35-2:45 PM | (#30) Discussion: ANSTF Report to Congress
(Susan Pasko, NOAA) |
| 2:45-3:00 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00-4:00 PM | (#31) Informational: Panel Updates (10 min. each)
3:00-3:10 Great Lakes Panel
3:10-3:20 Northeast Regional Panel
3:20-3:30 Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel
3:30-3:40 Western Regional Panel
3:40-3:50 Mississippi River Basin Regional Panel
3:50-4:00 Mid-Atlantic Regional Panel |
| 4:00-4:30 PM | (#32) Decisional: Regional Panel Recommendations
Western Regional Panel recommendations:- Panel funding: Provide increased support to the panel(s).
- QZAP support: Provide funding to support highest priority implementation components of QZAP.
- Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers: Ensure Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! continues to receive funding and engage
in evaluation of national brand consistency and efficacy. - Invasive tunicates: Solidify fiscal and in-kind support of a Pacific states tunicate workshop to identify
management and research needs across the region. - Biocontrol research: Reinstate funding to support USDA and USACE biocontrol research on aquatic weeds.
- Green Boats: Discuss the status of assembling an ANSTF committee with manufacturers and other interested
parties to address boat manufacturing options related to AIS. - Find interested and capable members to fill vacant federal agencies positions: Several agency membership
positions are currently vacant within the WRP. Assistance in determining appropriate contact persons or members
is needed.
Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel Recommendations: - The GSARP recommends that the ANSTF explore the possibility of listing all species of lionfish in the genera
Pterois, Parapterois, and Dendrochirus as injurious under the Lacey Act
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| 4:30-4:35 PM | (#33) Public Comment |
| 4:35-4:45 PM | (#34) Meeting Summary
(Laura Norcutt, FWS) |
| 4:45 PM | Adjourn |
