Council Motions: August 14 - 17, 2006 - Baton Rouge, LouisianaThis document contains the full chronology of motions made at the full Council session of the Gulf Council , including failed, substituted, and amended motions. AP Selection
Motion: to approve the list of candidates appointed to the Ad Hoc Shrimp Effort Advisory Panel
a) Anderson, Wilma TX (Texas Shrimp Association) b) Bosarge, Steve MS, Biloxi c) Devaney, Bobby AL, Theodore d) Henderson, Dennis FL, Ft. Myers Beach e) Jones, Bob FL (Southeastern Fisheries Association) f) Shultz, Tommy MS, Biloxi g) Versaggi, Sal FL, Tampa h) Wallace, Rick AL (Sea Grant) NON VOTING i) Williams, Charles FL, New Port Richey j) Williams, John FL (Southern Shrimp Alliance) k) Grunwald, Mark FL, Tampa l) Dorsett, Chris (Ocean Conservancy) NON VOTING m) Maharaj, Vishwanie (Environmental Defense) NON VOTING n) McKinney, Dave (NMFS Enforcement) NON VOTING o) Riley, Patrick TX, Freeport p) Despaux, Byron LA (Louisiana Shrimp Association) q) Londrie, Harley TX, Port Isabel r) Lara, Philip TX, Corpus Christi s) Bates, Vernon TX, Corpus Christi t) Chauvin, Kimberly LA, Chauvin u) Nance, James TX, Galveston NON-VOTING
Motion Carried with no objection
Motion: to approve the list of candidates to a NGO Advisory Panel that would be used as a pool for selecting SEDAR participants
Nelson, Russell Coastal Conservation Association Baker, Pam Environmental Defense Maharaj, Vishwanie Environmental Defense Sarthou, Cynthia Gulf Restoration Network Viles, Aaron Gulf Restoration Network Cufone, Marianne Gulf Restoration Network Dorsett, Chris Ocean Conservancy Fetherston, Elizabeth Ocean Conservancy Jamison, Judy Gulf &SA Fishery Foundation Medici, David Gulf &SA Fishery Foundation
Motion carried with no objection
SEDAR Selection
Motion to approve the recommended panel members Tom Turke and Martin Fisher for the SEDAR 12 Assessment Panel
Motion carried with no objection
Motion to approve the recommendation to provide the Council Chair with the authority to replace SEDAR panelists who resign before the panel meeting.
Motion carried with no objection
Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem Management
Motion: to approve the Tab G-3 budget as the proposed budget for Ecosystem Modeling workshop.
Motion carried with no objection
Motion to approve the use of the remainder of the Ecosystem funds for Organization of Council metadata via FTP server
Motion carried with no objection
Administrative Policy
Motion: to include (7) NGO AP to the SEDAR process as a panel pool
Motion carried with no objection
Motion: to recommend that the SOPP’s be amended to include the text highlighted in yellow and blue regarding SSC operations including review of Benchmark Assessments and Assessment updates.
Motion carried with no objection
Motion to approve the edited version of the recommendations by the SEDAR Steering Committee on use of the SSC and/or SAP members in the SEDAR Process.
Substitute Motion to move Items 3 and 4 into the appropriate committee and remove item 5 from the list.
Substitute motion carried with one opposed
Mackerel Management
Motion that the Council begin a joint amendment to separate the Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP
Motion carried with no objection
To send the mackerel management committee and/or Gulf Council designees to a joint committee meeting (September 18-19, 2006), and instruct Gulf staff to provide information to the mackerel committee regarding landings in the Gulf by region since 2002.
Motion carried with no objection
Reef Fish Management
Motion: To begin the process of an amendment to address overfishing in gray triggerfish and have the Science Center respond to questions about how CPUE was used in the assessment and whether there is a chance that some of the trips assumed to be targeting gray triggerfish were actually not.
Motion to table
Motion to table carried by voice vote
MOTION: to develop an amendment to end overfishing in greater amberjack and restrain the TAC to 2.9 million lbs or another scientifically appropriate TAC.
Motion carried with one opposed
Motion: to initiate the amendment process to address overfishing and the establishment of SFA benchmarks for gag grouper.
Motion carried by voice vote
Motion: to request that the Science Center conduct an analysis to determine if there is an acceptable level of harvest of goliath grouper that may be taken for scientific study to help determine the status of the goliath grouper stock.
Motion carried with one opposed
Motion: that the Gulf Council Executive Director raise the ten issues recommended by the SSC to improve the SEDAR process with the SEDAR steering committee.
Motion carried with no objection
Motion to ask the Executive Director to write to the SEDAR Coordinator to request that he attend an SSC meeting
Motion carried with no objection
Motion that we ask the standing SSC to advise about the reliability of the MRFSS data and how the data should or should not be used.
Motion carried
Motion that the Council begin an amendment to require a recreational salt water fishing license for the EEZ and a trip ticket reporting requirement for the for-hire sector of the Gulf of Mexico
Motion to table until more information is available
Motion carried
Joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management
Shrimp Regulatory Amendment
Motion to make Alternative 3, Option d, 40% by weight, be the preferred alternative
Substitute Motion: that Alternative 3, Option b, 20% by weight, be the preferred alternative.
Second Substitute Motion: that Alternative 3, Option c, 30% by weight, be the preferred alternative
Second Substitute Motion carried
Motion to submit a framework measure to modify the BRD criteria to the Secretary
Motion carried by a unanimous roll call vote (1 absent)
Reef Fish Amendment 27/Shrimp Amendment 14
Motion: to accept Action 1, Alternative 2: set TAC at 7.0mp.
Substitute Motion to combine all actions in Shrimp Amendment 15 with Shrimp Amendment 14 and Reef Fish Amendment 27.
Second Substitute motion: to continue to collect all pertinent data relative to Reef Fish 27/Shrimp 14 and postpone any Council action on 27/14 until December 31, 2006
Second Substitute Motion carried by roll call vote 10-5
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