On June 30, 2023, NOAA announced that its National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Sustainable Fisheries will host a virtual interim session of the Council Coordination Committee from 4-5:30pm ET on Monday, July 17, 2023. NMFS will outline the process for providing IRA funding to the Councils to advance climate-ready fisheries management and will provide an overview of how IRA funding will be used in the Data Acquisition and Management sub-component. Actions funded under this sub-component will use advanced technologies, including data management, to improve and expand observation and sampling capabilities of critical fish, protected species, ecosystem, and climate data in order to understand where climate-driven shifts in distribution of fish and other key living marine resources are occurring.
Actions funded under IRA for the Councils sub-component will contribute to the following goals: implementation of fishery management measures necessary to improve climate resiliency and responsiveness to climate impacts, and development and advancement of climate-related fisheries management planning and implementation efforts in support of underserved communities.