The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will meet in Mobile, Alabama, February 5 - 8, 2013. Agenda items for which the Council is tentatively scheduled to take final action include:
- Reef Fish Framework Action for Vermilion & Yellowtail Snapper Annual Catch Limits and the Venting Tool Requirement
- Framework Action to Adjust the 2013 Red Snapper Quotas
- The Council is also scheduled to review public comments from scoping workshops held around the Gulf on Reef Fish Amendment 39 - Regional Management of Recreational Red Snapper.
Also on the draft agenda is the review of scoping documents for the following amendments: - Reef Fish Amendment 28 - Allocations
- Days-at-Sea Pilot Program for the For-Hire Sector for Red Snapper
- Scoping Document - Modifications to Federally-Permitted Headboat Reporting Requirements
Public comment is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, February 7, 2013, from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm. If you can’t make the meeting but would like to stay up to date, you can watch the meetings live. Visit - http://www.gulfcouncil.org/council_meetings/Webinars.php - to register.
You can also comment on specific items by visiting - http://www.gulfcouncil.org/fishery_management_plans/scoping-thru-implementation.php - and clicking on the “Submit Your Comments” hyperlink for the issue or issues in which you are interested.
As always, there will be an informal Question and Answer Session with Dr. Crabtree and Council members on Gulf of Mexico fishery management issues. The Q&A is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday after the the Council recesses.
Please see the draft agenda on page 10 for more detailed information. The final agenda will soon be posted on the Council web site at
www.gulfcouncil.org