The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet January 29 – February 1, 2018 at the Hyatt Centric hotel, located at 800 Iberville Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting will convene on the following days and local times: Full Council Session from 8:30 – 9:00 on Monday Council Committees meet 9:00 – 4:30 on…
High-priority areas for Fiscal Year 2018 projects include: Developing innovative and effective technologies; gear modifications; avoidance programs and techniques; and/or improved fishing practices in commercial and recreational fisheries and aquaculture to reduce bycatch impacts. Improving understanding and reduction of post-release and other indirect mortality, including barotrauma, predation, and unaccounted mortality in commercial and recreational fisheries…