Gulf Council Meeting Materials- January 2017

January 30 – February 2, 2017

Astor Crowne Plaza
739 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

504-962-0500

• Committee Roster 2016 – 2017
• Committees & Council Agenda
• Meeting Minutes from October Council
• Action Schedule
• Meeting Dates
• NMFS-SERO – Landing Summaries

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Administrative/Budget Committee (Tab G) – Kelly Lucas, Chair

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab G, No. 1) – Lucas
• Approval of Minutes (Tab G, No. 2) – Lucas
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab G, No. 3) – Gregory
• Review of Advisory Panels – Gregory
  • Ad Hoc Advisory Panels (Tab G, No. 4a)
  • Reappointment of CMP and Red Drum Advisory Panels (Tab G, No. 4b)
• Council Participation in Marine Educational Program Workshops (Tab G, No. 5) – Gregory
• Other Business – Lucas

9:00 am – 11:15 am: Data Collection Committee (Tab F) – Greg Stunz, Chair

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab F, No. 1) – Stunz
• Approval of Minutes (Tab F, No. 2) – Stunz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab F, No. 3) – Froeschke
• Presentation Update on CLS America Project (Tab F, No. 4) – Stokes
• Final Action – Modifications to Generic Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements
  • Review of Amendment (Tab F, No. 5a) – Simmons/Froeschke
  • Review of Public Comments (Tab F, No. 5b) – Muehlstein
  • Review of Codified Text (Tab F, No. 5c) – NMFS
• Final Action – South Atlantic Council’s Modification to Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements- Rindone
  • Review of Amendment (Tab F, No. 6a)
  • Review of Codified Text (Tab F, No. 6b)
• Other Business – Stunz

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Migratory Species Committee (Tab R) – Pamella Dana, Chair

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab R, No. 1) – Dana
• Approval of Minutes (Tab R, No. 2) – Dana
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab R, No. 3) – Atran
• Presentation – Overview of Management of HMS Species (Tab R, No. 4) – Randy Blankinship
• Presentation – Overview of ICCAT Atlantic HMS Stock Assessment Process (Tab R, No. 4a) – Craig Brown
• Report on ICCAT Portugal (Tab R, No. 5) – Dana
• Other Business – Dana
  • SOFA Letter on HMS Impacts (Tab R, No. 6a)
  • NGO Comment Letter on HMS Amend 5b (Tab R, No. 6b)

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Spiny Lobster Committee (Tab K) – Martha Guyas, Chair

• Download all of Tab K
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab K, No. 1) – Guyas
• Approval of Minutes (Tab K, No. 2) – Guyas
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab K, No. 3) – Kilgour
• Draft Options Joint Spiny Lobster Regulatory Amendment 4 (Tab K, No. 4) – Kilgour
• Other Business – Guyas

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm: Joint Coral/Habitat Protection & Restoration Committees (Tab N) – John Sanchez and Dale Diaz, Chairs

• Download all (available) of Tab N
• Adoption of Agenda (Tab N, No. 1) – Diaz
• Approval of June 2016 Joint Coral and Habitat Protection Committee Minutes (Tab N, No. 2) – Diaz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab N, No. 3) – Kilgour/Froeschke
• Presentation on the Biology of Corals (Tab N, No. 4) – Kilgour
• Revised Scoping Draft of Coral Amendment 7 (Tab N, No. 5a) – Kilgour
  • Pulley Ridge Working Group Summary (Tab N, No. 5b)
• Other Business – Diaz

4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Shrimp Committee (Tab D) – Dale Diaz, Chair

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab D, No. 1) – Diaz
• Approval of Minutes (Tab D, No. 2) – Diaz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab D, No. 3) – Kilgour
• Public Hearing Draft Shrimp Amendment 17B (Tab D, No. 4a) – Kilgour
  • Public Comment – Louisiana Shrimp Task Force Letter (Tab D, No. 4b)
• Other Business – Diaz
  • 2015 Revised Shrimp Effort Estimates Letter (Tab D, No. 5a)
  • 2015 Revised Shrimp Effort Estimates (Tab D, No. 5b)

8:30 am – 5:30 pm: Reef Fish Management Committee (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab B, No. 1) – Greene
• Adoption of Minutes (Tab B, No. 2) – Greene
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab B, No. 3) – Atran
• SEDAR Gag Update Assessment
  • Review of Assessment (Tab B, No. 4) – SEFSC Representative/Powers
    • Supplemental Presentation – Powers
  • SSC Recommendations (Tab B, No. 15) – Powers
• Joint Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter Vessel AP/Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat AP
  • Meeting Summary (Tab B, No. 5a) and Verbatim Minutes (Tab B, No. 5e) – Freeman
  • For-Hire Red Snapper Allocation Decision Tools:
    • Charter Vessels Only (Tab B, No. 5b)
    • For-Hire Vessels (Tab B, No. 5c)
    • Headboats Only (Tab B, No. 5d)
• Public Hearing Draft Amendment 44 – Minimum Stock Size Threshold for Reef Fish Stocks
  • SSC Review of Rebuilding Implications of Various Thresholds (Tab B, No. 15) – Powers
    • Supplemental Presentation – Powers
  • Review of Amendment (Tab B, No. 6) – Atran
• Public Hearing Draft Amendment 36A – Modifications to Commercial IFQ Programs (Tab B, No. 7) – Lasseter

• Public Hearing Draft Amendment 46 – Gray Triggerfish Rebuilding Plan (Tab B, No. 8) – Simmons
  • Commercial Decision Tool (Tab B, No. 8a)
  • Recreational Decision Tool (Tab B, No. 8b)
• Gulf Anglers Focus Group Report- Haddad
  • Examination of Possible Private Recreational Management Options for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper (Tab B, No. 9a)
  • Process Overview (Tab B, No. 9b)
  • Presentation (Tab B, No. 9c)
• Mechanism to Carry Over the Unharvested Red Snapper ACL to the Following Season
  • SSC Review of SEFSC Analysis of Carryover Levels (Tab B, No. 15) – Powers
    • Supplemental Presentation – Powers
  • Presentation of Possible Options (Tab B, No. 10) – Rindone
• Preliminary 2016 Red Snapper For-Hire Landings Relative to ACL (Tab B, No. 11) – Diaz
• Presentation on Amendment 36B – Commercial Reef Fish IFQ Modifications (Tab B, No. 12) – Lasseter
• Options Paper for Amendment 47 – Modify Vermilion Snapper ACLs and MSY Proxy (Tab B, No. 13) – Atran

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Reef Fish Management Committee continues (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair

• Draft Framework Action – Mutton Snapper ACL and Management Measures and Gag Commercial Size Limit (Tab B, No. 14) – Froeschke/Rindone
• Standing and Reef Fish SSC Summary (for items not discussed elsewhere on agenda) (Tab B, No. 15) – Powers
  • SEDAR 49 Data-Limited Stock Assessment
    • Supplemental Presentation – Powers
  • Risks Associated with Limit and Target Reference Points any MSY Proxies
  • Other Business
• Other Business – Greene
  • Discussion of 2017 Recreational Fishing Season for Greater Amberjack – NMFS

9:00 am – 10:30 am: Mackerel Committee (Tab C) – Pamella Dana, Chair

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab C, No. 1) – Dana
• Approval of Minutes (Tab C, No. 2) – Dana
• Action Guides and Next Steps (Tab C, No. 3) – Rindone
• Review of CMP Advisory Panel Meeting – Rindone
  • CMP Advisory Panel Meeting Summary (Tab C, No. 4)
• Final Action: CMP Amendment 29: Allocation Sharing and Accountability Measures for Gulf King Mackerel (Tab C, No. 5) – Rindone
  • Review of Public Hearing and Written Comments (Tab C, No. 5a) – Muehlstein
  • Review of Codified Text (Tab C, No. 5b) – NMFS
• Review of SSC Discussion of Updated Gulf King Mackerel Projections – Powers
  • Supplemental Presentation – Powers
• Other Business – Dana

• 10:45 am – 10:50 am: Call to Order, Announcements, and Introductions – Bosarge
• 10:50 am – 10:55 am: Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes (Tab A, No. 3 & 4) – Bosarge
• 10:55 am – 11:15 am: Review Exempted Fishing Permit (EFPs) Applications (if any) (Tab S) – Crabtree/Bosarge
• 11:15 am – 12:15 pm: Presentations
  • National Standard 1 Guideline Revisions – Presentation (Tab A, No. 8) – Lambert
    • NS1 Final Rule (Tab A, No. 8a)
    • NS1 Final Rule, Redline Version (Tab A, No. 8b)
  • Law Enforcement Report on Fiscal 2016 Maritime Boundary Line Activities (Tab A, No. 9) – Danaher
  • Commercial Fishing Vessel Clarification Standards – Stockdale
    • Presentation (Tab A, No. 10a)
    • Handout (Tab A, No. 10b)

• 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm: Presentations Continued

• Louisiana Law Enforcement Presentation (Tab A, No. 11) – Hebert
• 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Public Comment – Bosarge
  • Final Action on Generic Amendment 6: To Require Electronic For-Hire Vessels in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Final Action on Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment 29: King Mackerel Allocation Sharing and Recreational Accountability Measures
  • Final Action: South Atlantic Council’s Modifications to Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements
  • Open Testimony on any Other Fishery Issues or Concerns

• 8:00 am – 2:45 pm: Committee Reports (11:45 am – 1:45 pm – Lunch Recess)
  • Data Collection (Tab F) – Stunz
  • Shrimp (Tab D) – Diaz
  • Reef Fish (Tab B) – Green
  • Mackerel revised (Tab C) – Dana
  • Administrative/Budget (Tab G) – Lucas
  • Spiny Lobster (Tab K) – Guyas
  • Migratory Species (Tab R) – Dana
  • Joint Coral/Habitat Protection & Restoration (Tab N) – Sanchez/Diaz

• 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Vote on Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) Applications, if any (Tab S) – Bosarge
• 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm: Supporting Agencies Summary Reports – Bosarge
  • South Atlantic Council Liaison (Tab T, No. 1)
  • Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • U.S. Coast Guard
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Department of State
• 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Other Business – Bosarge