2002 News Releases

December 4, 2002

Reef Fish Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Results of New Red Grouper and Yellowedge Grouper Stock Assessments

December 3, 2002

Council to Set the Boundary for the Texas Shrimp Closure for 2003 and May Select TAC for Yellowedge and Red Grouper

November 15, 2002

Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel

October 30, 2002

Meeting to Consider Special Management Zones Off Alabama Cancelled

October 7, 2002

Council to Convene Panels to Review the Intermediate Draft of Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Generic Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment

Council to Convene Habitat Protection Advisory Panels

September 23, 2002

Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to Review 2003 Operations Plan, VMS Needs, Quota Monitoring, and Other Issues

September 18, 2002

Socioeconomic Panel Meeting Cancelled

September 13, 2002

Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel

August 30, 2002

Additional Scoping Meetings Scheduled to Receive Comments on a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Shrimp Amendment 13 and for the Rebuilding Program for Red Snapper

August 26, 2002

Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel to Review New Red Grouper and Yellowedge Grouper Stock Assessments

August 16, 2002

Council to Take Final Action on Secretarial Amendment 2 for Greater Amberjack

August 15, 2002

Scoping Meetings Scheduled to Receive Comments on a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Rebuilding Program for Red Snapper

August 9, 2002

Meetings Cancelled

August 5, 2002

Council to Convene Panels to Review the Intermediate Draft of Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Generic Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment

Council to Convene Habitat Protection Advisory Panels

August 2, 2002

Reef Fish AP and SSC to be Convened to Review the Secretarial Amendment 2 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set Greater Amberjack Sustainable Fisheries Act Targets and Thresholds and to Set a Rebuilding Plan

Scoping Meetings Scheduled to Receive Comments on a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Shrimp Amendment 13

July 19, 2002

Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel to Meet to Discuss Issues Related to the Development of an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Profile for the Red Snapper Fishery

July 15, 2002

Public Hearings Scheduled on the Secretarial Amendment 2 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set Greater Amberjack Sustainable Fisheries Act Targets and Thresholds and to Set a Rebuilding Plan

July 5, 2002

Shrimp Advisory Panel to Discuss Shrimping Effort, Status of Shrimp Stocks, Essential Fish Habitat, and an Options Paper for Amendment 13

Council to Convene its Standing and Special Mackerel Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC), and its Standing and Special Shrimp SSC to Review Stock Assessment Panel Reports

Council to Convene its Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) to Review the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel Report and the Report of the Socioeconomic Panel

June 18, 2002

Commerce Secretary Evans Announces 2002 Gulf Fishery Council Appointments

June 14, 2002

Council to Take Final Action on Secretarial Reef Fish Amendment 1

June 13, 2002

Spiny Lobster Advisory Panel to be Convened via Conference Call

May 31, 2002

Council to Convene Panels to Review the Preliminary Draft of Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Generic Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment

Reef Fish Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Bioeconomic Modeling Results of Proposed Red Grouper Rebuilding Plan

May 29, 2002

Scoping Meetings Scheduled on Continuation of Madison/Swanson and Steamboats Lumps Marine Reserves

Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel to Meet to Discuss Issues Related to the Development of an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Profile for the Red Snapper Fishery

May 24, 2002

Shrimp Stock Assessment Panel to Consider Definitions of MSY, OY, Overfishing, and Overfished for Gulf Shrimp Stocks

May 17, 2002

Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel

May 16, 2002

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Secretarial Amendment 1 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan for Red Grouper is Available

May 3, 2002

Fishery Councils to Convene Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

May 26, 2002

Fishery Council to Convene a Stakeholders Workshop on Bioeconomic Modeling

Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel to Meet to Discuss Issues Related to the Development of an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Profile for the Red Snapper Fishery

May 19, 2002

Council to Take Final Action on Draft Amendments for Shrimp and Amberjack

May 1, 2002

Gulf Council to Hold Workshops on Development of the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Generic Amendment for Essential Fish Habitat

March 4, 2002

U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Announcements

February 26, 2002

Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to Review Management Options for Red Grouper, Status of JEAs, and Possible Development of an Enforceability Document

February 22, 2002

Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel to Meet to Discuss Issues Related to the Development of an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Profile for the Red Snapper Fishery

February 15, 2002

Council to Take Final Action on Draft Shrimp Amendment 10/EA/RIR

February 7, 2002

Gulf Council and NMFS Issue a Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and Holds Public Hearings/Scoping Meetings; Requests for Comments; Final Action on Red Grouper Postponed Until July 2002

February 2, 2002

Reef Fish Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Draft Red Grouper Rebuilding Plan Regulatory Amendment

January 30. 2002

Gulf Council Revises the List of Issues To Be Considered in the Red Grouper Rebuilding Plan

January 25, 2002

Public Hearings on Red Grouper Rebuilding Plan and Scoping Meetings on the Use of Pelagic Longlines to Harvest Dolphin (Fish) Scheduled

January 14, 2002

Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel