Jul 31.  NPFMC Crab Committee, Anchorage Hilton  

Aug 1-2.  SSC.  Review of a second draft of the Revised Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan Agenda 

Aug 2-3.  NPFMC.  Review of a second draft of the Revised Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan (Anchorage Marriott)  Agenda   

 Aug 2.  BSAI Crab Economic Data Collection Program, Seattle  

 ug 6.  Comments due on EPA – discharge permit for vessels    

 Aug 20.  ASMI International Marketing Committee, Seattle

Aug 20.  Public Comment Due on SSL Recovery Plan

Aug 22-23.  NOAA Science Advisory Board, Mystic, CT  Agenda 

Aug 27.  Public comment due on NOAA  Proposed List of Fisheries for 2008 (MMPA)

 Aug 28-30.  Marine Mammal Commission, Vancouver, WA 

Aug 29.  NPFMC Salmon Bycatch Workgroup, Anchorage Hawthorne Suites 

Aug 29.  Public comment due on Proposed restricted area in Adak for sea based radar

Sep 2-7. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco , CA

Sep 4-7.  12th Annual Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea, Beijing, China

 Sep 10.  Applications due for Southeast Fisheries Economic Development Grant Program

 Sep 12-14.  Crab Plan Team, AFSC, Seattle

 Sep 13-14.  Second International Fishery Congress, Vladivostok, Russia  

 Sep 16-19.   Pacific States Marine Fishery Commission Annual Meeting, San Diego , Paradise Point Resort

Sep 18-20.  Groundfish Plan Team, AFSC Seattle (dates subject to change within that week)

Sep 25-27.  World Seafood Congress , Dublin, Ireland 

 Sep 25-27.  NOAA Workshop on MSA Reauthorization Issues, Washington, DC

Sept 26  Comments due on Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports 

 Sep 27-28.  NPRB Board Meeting, Anchorage   

 Oct 1-9.  NPFMC Anchorage

 Oct 8-12.  North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Vladivostok Provisional Agenda  

Oct 9-10.  Symposium on Anadromous Salmonid Tagging and Identification Techniques in the Greater Pacific Region, Portland

 Oct 9-11.  BOF Work Session, Anchorage

Oct 16-18.  SSL Mitigation Committee, AFSC Seattle

Oct 30 – Nov 1.  Marine Debris in Alaska: Where We Are Now, and Planning for the Future , Anchorage Marriott

Nov 11-15.  BOF Lower Cook Inlet Finfish, Homer

Nov 15 Deadline for 2008 IPHC Proposals

Nov 15-17.  Fish Expo, Qwest Field Seattle

Nov 28-29.  IPHC Interim Meeting, Seattle  

Dec 3-11.  NPFMC Anchorage

Dec 11-12.  Young Fishermen's Summit, Anchorage

 Dec 18-20.  Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee, St Pete Beach, FL

Fish Calendar 2008

Jan 9-12.  BOF Chignik Finfish, Anchorage

Jan 14-18.  BOF Kodiak Finfish, Kodiak

 Jan 15-18.  IPHC Annual Meeting, Portland

Jan 21-23.  Alaska Marine Science 2008 Symposium, Anchorage

Jan 31 – Feb 1.  2008 Southwest Economic Summit and SWAMC Annual Meeting, Captain Cook, Anchorage 

 Feb 1-12.  Upper Cook inlet, Finfish, Anchorage

 Feb 4-12.   NPFMC, Seattle, Renaissance Downtown

Feb 11-15.  Alaska Forum on the Environment, Anchorage

 Feb 14-18.  American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston 

 Feb 24-26.  Boston Seafood Show 

 Feb 26- Mar 3.  Iditarod

 Mar 3-9.  BOF.  King and Tanner Crab, Anchorage

Mar 31-Apr 8.  NPFMC, Anchorage Hilton

May (TBD).  National Ocean Science Bowl, Seward, AK

 Jun 2-10.  NPFMC, Kodiak

Aug 16-20.  American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON

Sep 29 - Oct 7.  NPFMC, Anchorage (hotel TBD) 

 Oct 14-18.  UAA.  Basic Economic Development Course, Anchorage 

 Oct 20-24.  5^th World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan

 Dec 1-9.  NPFMC, Anchorage Hilton