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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hello.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attached and below is the agenda for the next RI Marine Fisheries Institute (RIMFI) meeting. This meeting will be an administrative working session. The public is welcomed to attend, but there
will not be much by way of new information presented.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We expect to host an additional RIMFI meeting later this spring, which will likely focus on research, present new information, and provide greater opportunity for participation. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tuesday, January 31, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1:00 – 3:00 PM
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">CHALLENGER ROOM LOCATED IN THE OCEAN SCIENCE & EXPLORATION CENTER (OSEC)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">SOUTH FERRY ROAD, NARRAGANSETT, RI 02882<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1. Welcome (Collie)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2. Discussion of administrative aspects (Schneider)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a. Creation of an overarching cooperative agreement (Schneider)
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">i. Data sharing agreement
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">b. Marine Fisheries access to Univ. library online resources (Coit)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">c. Opportunities for education and improvement of skills for MF staff (Coit)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">d. Web site development and hosting (McManus)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">e. Scheduling (Schneider)
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">i. Two (quick) administrative meetings a year (during working hours)
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ii. Two research-focused public meetings a year (evening meetings)
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">iii. Assistance with meeting scheduling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">3. Brief 2016 review (Collie)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a. Update on current projects (Collie)
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">i. Jonah Crab, Winter Flounder<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">4. Summary of potential future research topics and areas for collaboration (Collie)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">a. Workshop on the health of Narragansett Bay (Corliss)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">b. Narragansett Bay Monitoring meeting (DEM-GSO) Report (Spivack)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">c. Hydroacoustic survey work (Humphries)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">d. Ocean Acidification (McManus)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">e. Harmful Algal Bloom (McManus)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">f. Develop a formal process for collecting industry observations (Schneider)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">g. Acoustic tagging projects (Schneider, McManus)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">5. Next Steps (Sheely)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">6. Adjourn
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