August Council Meeting 2022

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Virtual Participation Instructions Including Virtual Public Testimony

Register/Log in to Council Meeting via Webinar:  August 22-25, 2022

Register for After Council Meeting Q & A:  Highly Migratory Species Staff Q & A with Ms. Brewster-Geisz:  Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 5:00 – 6:00 PM CDT (approximate time – meeting will begin after Council session)

Register for Virtual Public Testimony:  Available Monday, August 21, 2022, 8:00 AM – Wednesday, August 24, 12:30 PM CDT

Note:  These tabs will be updated on August 5, 12, and 19

• Council Committee Roster (Tab A, No. 2) 
• Committees and Council Agenda (Tab A, No. 3)
• June 2022 Council Meeting Minutes (Tab A, No. 4)
• 2022 Council Meeting Dates (Tab A, No. 5) and 2023 Council Meeting Dates
• Action Schedule (Tab A, No. 6)

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM CDT:  Induction of Council Members – Mr. Strelcheck

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM CDT:  Administrative/Budget (Tab G) – Mr. Dyskow

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab G, No. 1) – Mr. Dyskow
• Approval of April 2022 Minutes (Tab G, No. 2) – Mr. Dyskow
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab G, No. 3) – Dr. Simmons
• Review Final Funded 2022 Budget and Activities (Tab G, No. 4) – Ms. Hager
• Review and Discuss Proposed Modifications to Council’s SOPPs (Tab G, No. 5) – Dr. Simmons
  • Proposed Draft Language Considerations for:
    • Section 2.3.3 Officers
      • Example of Old Agenda Format (Tab G, No. 5a)
    • Section 2.6 Advisory Panels (APs)/Fishing Industry Advisory Committees (FIACs), Section 2.6.2 Members and Chair
    • Section 2.8.3 Standing Committees
• Other Business – Mr. Dyskow

10:00 AM – 11:30 AM CDT:  Coral (Tab N) – Dr. Frazer

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab N, No. 1) – Dr. Frazer
• Approval of June 2022 Minutes (Tab N, No. 2) – Dr. Frazer
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab N, No. 3) – Dr. Méndez-Ferrer
• Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) Proposed Rule
  • Presentation (Tab N, No. 4a) – Ms. Fangman
  • Background:  Council’s Comment on the DEIS (Tab N, No. 4b)
  • Background:  Restoration Blueprint and Interactive Map (link)
  • Background:  Proposed Rule (link)
• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Comments on FKNMS Proposed Rule – Dr. Sweetman
  • Background:  FWC’s Extension Request (Tab N, No. 5a)
• Other Business – Dr. Frazer

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM CDT:  Outreach and Education Committee (Tab O) – Dr. Stunz

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab O, No. 1) – Dr. Stunz
• Approval of January 2022 Minutes (Tab O, No. 2) – Dr. Stunz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab O, No. 3) – Ms. Muehlstein
• Communication Plan to Promote Return of Shrimp Fleet Effort Data (Tab O, No. 4) – Ms. Muehlstein
• Draft Media Guidelines (Tab O, No. 5) – Ms. Muehlstein
• August 2022 Outreach and Education Technical Committee Report (Tab O, No. 6) – Ms. Muehlstein
• Other Business – Dr. Stunz

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CDT:  Data Collection Committee (Tab F) – Ms. Boggs

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab F, No. 1) – Ms. Boggs
• Approval of June 2022 Minutes (Tab F, No. 2) – Ms. Boggs
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab F, No. 3) – Dr. Hollensead
• Abbreviated Framework Action to Modify For-hire Trip Declaration Requirements
  • Presentation on Hail-out Requirements and Infographic (Tab F, No. 4a) – Ms. Somerset
  • Document (Tab F, No. 4b) – Ms. Somerset

2:45 PM – 4:00 PM CDT:  Data Collection Committee (Tab F) – Ms. Boggs

• Draft Options Joint Amendment to Required Electronic Reporting for Commercial Logbooks – Dr. Hollensead
  • Presentation (Tab F, No. 5a)
  • Background:  Spreadsheet of Survey Changes (Tab F, No. 5b)
  • Background:  List of Questions from IPT (Tab F, No. 5c)
  • Draft Document (Tab F, No. 5d)

  • Findings of the SEFSC Electronic Logbook Pilot Program (Tab F, No. 5e)

• Other Business – Ms. Boggs

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT:  Reef Fish Committee (Tab B) – Dr. Frazer

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab B, No. 1) – Dr. Frazer
• Approval of June 2022 Minutes (Tab B, No. 2) – Dr. Frazer
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab B, No. 3) – Mr. Rindone
• Review of Reef Fish and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Landings – Ms. O’Donnell
  • Reef Fish (RF) and Coastal Migratory Pelagic Landings (CMP) Presentations
    • RF (Tab B, No. 4ai)
    • CMP (Tab B, No. 4aii)
  • IFQ Landings Presentation (Tab B, No. 4b)
  • ACL Updates
    • RF (Tab B, No. 4ci)
    • CMP (Tab B, No. 4cii)
  • Federal For-Hire Red Snapper Landings (Tab B, No. 4d) 
  • Status of Revised Recreational Red Snapper Calibration Ratios – Dr. Cody
• Gulf and South Atlantic SSC Review and Recommendations for Southeastern U.S. Yellowtail Snapper – Dr. Nance
  • Presentation (Tab B, No. 5a)
  • Background:  August 2022 Joint SSCs Summary Report (Tab B, No. 5b)
  • Background:  SEDAR 64:  Yellowtail Snapper Update Assessment (Tab B, No. 5c)

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM CDT:  NMFS’ Agency Priorities and Draft Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy Remarks – Mr. Rauch

8:15 AM – 10:00 AM CDT:  Reef Fish Committee continued (Tab B) – Dr. Frazer

• Review of State-Specific Private Angling Red Snapper Landings and Reef Fish Directed Effort
  • Florida (Tab B, No. 6a) – Dr. Sweetman
  • Alabama (Tab B, No. 6b) – Mr. Anson
  • Mississippi (Tab B, No. 6c) – Gen. Spraggins
  • Louisiana (Tab B, No. 6d) – Mr. Schieble
    • LA Creel Estimates – Extra Data (Tab B, No. 6di)
  • Texas (Tab B, No. 6e) – Mr. Geeslin
• Public Hearing Draft of Amendment 54:  Modifications to the Greater Amberjack Catch Limits and Sector Allocations, and other Rebuilding Plan Modifications – Dr. Froeschke
  • Presentation:  Summary of Allocation Review Components in Amendment 54 (Tab B, No. 7a)
  • Document (Tab B, No. 7b)

10:15 AM – 12:00 PM CDT:  Reef Fish Committee (Tab B) – Dr. Frazer

• FINAL ACTION:  Modification of Catch Limits for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper
  • Document (Tab B, No. 8a) – Mr. Rindone
  • Public Comments (Tab B, No. 8b) – Ms. Muehlstein
  • Codified Text (Tab B, No. 8c) – Ms. Levy
• Presentation on Framework Action for Vermilion Snapper Recreational Bag Limit and Gray Triggerfish Commercial Trip Limit and Recreational Closed Seasons (Tab B, No. 9) – Ms. Somerset
• SSC Recommendations from the July 2022 SSC Meeting (Tab B, No. 5a) – Dr. Nance
  • Wenchman Landings and Catch Limits
  • Discards Data for Gag Grouper, Red Grouper, Greater Amberjack, and Red Snapper
  • Background:  July 2022 SSC Summary Report (Tab B, No. 10c)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM CDT:  Reef Fish Committee (Tab B) – Chair

• Draft Options for Amendment 56: Modifications to the Gag Grouper Catch Limits, Sector Allocations, Fishing Seasons, and other Rebuilding Plan Measures (Tab B, No. 11)
  • Update: Gag Grouper Interim Rule – SERO Staff
  • Presentation: SSC Review of Alternative SEDAR 72 Base Model using Florida’s State Reef Fish Survey and SSC Recommendations (Tab B, No. 5a) – Dr. Nance
  • Background: June 2022 Presentation on Gag Grouper Regional Fishery Dynamics (Tab B, No. 11b)
  • Background: June 2022 Presentation on Interim Rule (Tab B, No. 11c)
  • Additional Information: Draft Options for Amendment 56 (Tab B, No. 11d)

3:15 PM – 5:00 PM CDT:  Reef Fish Committee (Tab B) – Chair

• IFQ Focus Group – Dr. Lasseter
  • Presentation (Tab B, No. 12a)
  • Report (Tab B, No. 12b)
  • Background:  Amendment 36B (Tab B, No. 12c)
  • Background:  Amendment 36C (Tab B, No. 12d)
• Other Business – Dr. Frazer

Public In-Person and Virtual Question and Answer Session

featuring Highly Migratory Species Staff – Ms. Karyl Brewster-Geisz

CLICK HERE FOR PRESENTATION

Tuesday, August 23, immediately following the end of Reef Fish Committee (approx. time 5:05 PM – 6:00 PM CDT)

Participants will be able to listen online through the GoToWebinar application or through the phone.  If you want to speak to ask a question, you must join the webinar online.  Alternatively, during the meeting, you can email questions to [email protected] and a staff member will ask on your behalf.

Register to join the session online using your computer or smartphone.

To listen in by phone, call :  1-(914) 614-3221 / Audio Access Code: 763-745-623

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CDT:  Migratory Species Committee (Tab M) – Dr. Frazer

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab M, No. 1) – Dr. Frazer
• Approval of June 2021 Minutes (Tab M, No. 2) – Dr. Frazer
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab M, No. 3) – Dr. Hollensead
• Presentations
  • Stock Status, Abundance Trends, and Fishery Mortality Trajectories of U.S. Atlantic Coastal Shark Stocks with a Focus on the Gulf of Mexico (Tab M, No. 4a) – Dr. Cortés
  • Atlantic Shark Fishery Management Update (Tab M, No. 4b) – Ms. Brewster-Geisz
  • Background material: Report to Congress (Tab M, No. 4c)
• Other Business – Dr. Frazer
  • Update on Adjustment of 2022 North and South Atlantic Swordfish Quotas – Dr. Stunz

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT:  Sustainable Fisheries Committee (Tab E) – Dr. Stunz

• Adoption of Agenda (Tab E, No. 1) – Dr. Stunz
• Approval of April 2022 Minutes (Tab E, No. 2) – Dr. Stunz
• Action Guide and Next Steps (Tab E, No. 3) – Dr. Hollensead
• Presentation on NOAA’s Climate Southeast Regional Action Plan
  • Document (Tab E, No. 4a)
  • Presentation (Tab E, No. 4b) – Dr. Quinlan
  • Draft Comment Letter (Tab E, No. 4c) – Dr. Hollensead
• Draft Comment Letter on NOAA’s Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy (Tab E, No. 5) – Dr. Lasseter
• SSC Recommendations on Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule (Tab B, No. 5a) – Dr. Nance
• Presentation on Mechanisms and Options for Automating Catch Advice from Interim Analysis (Tab E, No. 7) – Mr. Rindone and Dr. Simmons
• Overview of Research Set-Asides (RSA) Timeline, Composition, and Draft Objectives (Tab E, No. 8) – Dr. Freeman
• Discussion on the Florida Pompano Petition for Federal Rulemaking Letter (Tab E, No. 9) – Mr. Strelcheck
  • Background:  FWC Florida Pompano Stock Assessment (Tab E, No. 9a)
  • Background:  Current FWC Florida Pompano Recreational Regulations (link) 
  • Background:  Current FWC Florida Pompano Commercial Regulations (link)
  • Background:  Guidelines for Establishing Council FMP (link)
• Other Business – Dr. Stunz

All times listed are CDT

• 11:15 AM – 11:20 AM:  Call to Order, Announcements, and Introductions – Mr. Diaz
• 11:20 AM – 11:25 AM:  Adoption of Agenda (Tab A, No. 3) and Approval of Minutes (Tab A, No. 4) – Mr. Diaz
• 11:25 AM – 12:00 PM:  Presentations
  • Update from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico (Tab A, No. 7) – Ms. Matthews
  • Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC) Briefing Paper (Tab A, No. 8) and Presentation (Tab A, No. 8a) – Ms. Cimo and Ms. O’Malley

Available beginning on August 22, 2022 at 8:00 AM CDT

All times listed are CDT

1:30 PM – 5:00 PM:  Public Comment – Mr. Diaz

• Final Action:  Modification of Catch Limits for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper (Tab B, No. 8a)
• Draft Comment Letter on NOAA’s Climate Regional Action Plan (Tab E, No. 4c)
• Draft Comment Letter on NOAA’s Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy (Tab E, No. 5)
• Open Testimony on Other Fishery Issues or Concerns

All times listed are CDT

• • • Committee Reports 
      • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM:  Administrative/Budget (Tab G) – Mr. Dyskow 
      • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM:  Coral (Tab N) – Dr. Frazer
      • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM:  Data Collection (Tab F) – Ms. Boggs
      • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM:  Migratory Species (Tab M) – Dr. Frazer 

All times listed are CDT

• • • Committee Reports – continued 
      • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM:  Outreach and Education (Tab O) – Dr. Stunz
      • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM:  Reef Fish (Tab B) – Dr. Frazer 

All times listed are CDT

• • • Committee Reports – continued
      • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM:  Reef Fish continued (Tab B) – Dr. Frazer
      • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM:  Sustainable Fisheries (Tab E) – Dr. Stunz

All times listed are CDT

• • • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM:  Supporting Agencies Update (Tab R) – Mr. Diaz
      • • South Atlantic Council Liaison (Tab R, No. 1) – Mr. Griner
        • Texas Law Enforcement Efforts (Tab R, No. 2) – Lt. Casterline
        • NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) – ASAC O’Malley
          • Fiscal Year 2022, Quarter 3 Fishery Management Council Report (Tab R, No. 3a)
          • FY 2022 Quarter 3 Enforcement Overview (Tab R, No. 3b)
        • Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission:  Human Dimension Survey Fact Sheet (Tab R, No. 4) – Mr. Donaldson
        • U.S. Coast Guard (Tab R, No. 5) – LCDR Motoi
        • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
        • Department of State
    • 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM:  Other Business (Tab U) – Mr. Diaz
      • Exempted Fishing Permit
        • Texas Sea Grant Letter (Tab U, No. 1a) and Application (Tab U, No. 1b)
    • 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM:  Election of Chair and Vice-Chair (Tab U) – Mr. Donaldson