August 15 – 18, 2016
Astor Crowne Plaza
739 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana
Agenda and Summary Documents
- Committee Roster
- Committees & Council Agenda
- Meeting Minutes from June Council
- Action Schedule
- Meeting Dates
Committee Sessions
Monday, August 15, 2016
8:30 am – 10:30 am:Administrative/Budget Committee (Tab G) – Leann Bosarge, Chair
- Download all of Tab G
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab G, No. 1) – Bosarge
- Approval of Minutes (Tab G, No. 2) – Bosarge
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab G, No. 3) – Gregory
- Final 2014 No-cost Extension Expenditures (Tab G, No. 4a) – Hager
- Summary of 2014 No-Cost Contracts (Tab G, No. 4b) – Simmons
- Final Reports of 2014 No-Cost Contracts (Tab G, No. 4c)
- Review of 2016 Expenditures and Revised Budgets for 2017-2019
- Review of 2016 Expenditures (Tab G, No. 5a) – Hager
- Review of Revised Budgets for 2017-2019 (Tab G, No. 5b) – Hager
- Review and Approval of the Updated Regional Operating Agreement with NMFS (Tab G, No. 6) – Simmons
- Discussion of SSC Members Also Being a State Designee (Tab G, No. 7) – Gregory
- Discussion of Council Committee Assignments (Tab G, No. 8) – Gregory
- Consider Merging Some Committees
- Consider Making Committee Appointments Effective at Beginning of October Council Meeting
- Review of Administrative Handbook Revisions (Tab G, No. 9) – Gregory
- Other Business – Bosarge
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Data Collection Committee (Tab F) – Greg Stunz, Chair
- Download all of Tab F
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab F, No. 1) – Stunz
- Approval of Minutes (Tab F, No. 2) – Stunz
- Action Guides and Next Steps (Tab F, No. 3) – Froeschke
- Presentation on NFWF For-Hire Pilot Program (Tab F, No. 4) – Gill
- For-hire Reporting Requirements
- Modifications to Generic Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirements (Tab F, No. 5a) – Froeschke
- Review of Minimum Data Elements (Tab F, No. 5b) – Froeschke
- Summary of Potential Data Elements in For-Hire Program (Tab F, No. 5c) – NMFS
- Presentation on Electronic Reporting (Tab F, No. 5c(1)) – Stephen
- Cost Analysis of Commerical Electronic Reporting Program – Ponwith
- Atlantic States Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program Meeting Summary – Stunz
- Other Business – Stunz
– Recess –
1:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Joint Coral/Habitat Protection Committee (Tab N) – Dale Diaz, Chair
- Download all of Tab N
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab N, No. 1) – Diaz
- Approval of Minutes (Tab N, No. 2) – Diaz
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab N, No. 3) – Kilgour/Froeschke
- Draft of 5-year EFH Review (Tab N, No. 4) – Roberts/Froeschke
- Summary of the Joint Shrimp AP/Coral SSC/AP Meeting (Tab N, No. 5a) – Kilgour
- Verbatim Minutes(Tab N, No. 5b)
- Letter Regarding the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Tab N, No. 6a) – Kilgour
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Tab N, No. 6b)
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement Appendix (Tab N, No. 6c)
- Discussion on Fishing Regulations on the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Expansion (Tab N, No. 7) – Kilgour
- Other Business – Chair
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm: Closed Session
- Appointments for the Ad Hoc Private Recreational AP
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
8:30 am – 5:30 pm: Reef Fish Management Committee (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair
- Download all of Tab B
- 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
- Draft Amendment 36A – Commercial IFQ Program Modifications – Lasseter
- Presentation on Shareholder Process and Terms (Tab B, No. 4) – Stephen
- Presentation on Overview of Quota Banks (Tab B, No. 5) – Lasseter
- Presentation on Shareholders’ Alliance Quota Bank Program (Tab B, No. 6) – Brazer
- Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 7) – Lasseter
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Break
- Review of Headboat Collaborative Project
- Overview (Tab B, No. 8) – Stephen
- Summary Results (Tab B, No. 9) – Abbott
– Recess –
- Draft Amendment 46 – Modify Gray Triggerfish Rebuilding Plan
- Draft Commercial Decision Tool (Tab B, No. 10a) – Larkin
- Draft Recreational Decision Tool (Tab B, No. 10b)
- Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 11) – Simmons
- Draft Amendment 42 – Reef Fish Recreational Management for Headboat Survey Vessels (Tab B, No. 12) Presentation (Tab B, No. 12a) – Diagne
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Break
- Draft Amendment 41 – Red Snapper Management for Federally Permitted Charter Vessels
- Preliminary Analysis on Red Snapper Split Season (Tab B, No. 13) – Stephen
- Review of Draft Amendment (Tab B, No. 14) – Lasseter
– Recess –
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
8:30 am – 9:30 am: Reef Fish Committee continued (Tab B) – Johnny Greene, Chair
- Options Paper – Amendment 44 – MSST for Reef Fish Stocks (Tab B, No. 15) – Atran
- Discussion – Carryover of Unharvested Red Snapper Allocations (Tab B, No. 16) – Rindone
- Standing and Reef Fish SSC Report (Tab B, No. 17) – SSC Representative
- Re-evaluation of alternative FMSY proxies (FMAX, F20% SPR, F22% SPR, and F24% SPR) for red snapper
- Next Gray Triggerfish Assessment – Benchmark or Standard
- Updated SEDAR Schedule
- Other Business – Greene
9:30 am – 11:00 am: Mackerel Committee (Tab C) – Pamella Dana, Chair
- Download all of Tab C
- Adoption of Agenda (Tab C, No. 1) – Dana
- Approval of Minutes (Tab C, No. 2) – Dana
- Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab C, No. 3) – Dana
- Options Paper: CMP Amendment 29: Allocation Sharing and Accountability Measures for Gulf King Mackerel – Rindone
- Council Options Paper (Tab C, No. 4a) – Dana
- IPT-Proposed Options Paper (Tab C, No. 4b) – Dana
- Other Business – Dana
11:00 am – 11:15 am: Break
Council Session
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
- 11:15 am – 11:20 am: Call to Order, Announcements, Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award, and Introductions – Anson
- 11:20 am – 11:25 am: Induction of Council Members – Crabtree
- 11:25 am – 11:30 am: Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes (Tab A, No. 3 & 4) – Anson
- 11:30 pm – 12:00 pm: Review Exempted Fishing Permit (EFPs) Applications (if any) (Tab S) – Crabtree/Anson
– Recess –
- 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Presentations
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- Summary of Artificial Reef Summit- Stunz/Froeschke
- Joint Law Enforcement Presentation (Tab A, No. 7) – Hebert
- NMFS-SERO – Landing Summaries (Tab A, No. 8) – NMFS
- Gulf Rec Closure Slides August 2016_Updated (Tab A, No. 8a)
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Break
- 2:15 pm – 5:00 pm: Public Comment – Anson
- Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Draft Environmental Impact Statement
- Open Testimony on any Other Fishery Issues or Concerns
– Recess –
Thursday, August 18, 2016
- 8:30 am – 11:30 am: Committee Reports
- Administrative/Budget (Tab D) – Bosarge
- Data Collection (Tab F) – Stunz
- Joint Habitat/Coral (Tab N) – Diaz
- Mackerel (Tab C) – Dana
– Recess –
- 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm: Committee Reports continued
- Reef Fish (Tab B) – Greene
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm: Break
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- 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm: Vote on Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) Applications, if any (Tab S) – Anson
- 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm: Supporting Agencies Summary Reports – Anson
- South Atlantic Council Liaison
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
- U.S. Coast Guard
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Department of State
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- 3:45 pm – 4:00 pm: Other Business – Anson
- 4:00 pm – 4:15 pm: Election of Chair and Vice Chair – Donaldson
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– Adjourn –
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