Council Members

Press Releases - 1998
Date	Title
12/17/98	Council to Take Final Action on Sustainable Fisheries Act and Gag Amendments
12/11/98	Council Advisory Groups to Review Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment
12/11/98	Shark Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Shark Provisions on NMFS Draft Fishery Management Plan for Highly Migratory Species
12/11/98	Shrimp Advisory Panel to Review Cooperative Shrimp Closure Off Texas
11/13/98	Public Hearings Scheduled on Possible Regulatory Changes to Gag and Black Grouper Management
11/13/98	REVISED - Council to Hold Public Hearings on an Amendment Addressing the Requirements of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA)
11/13/98	Council to Hold Public Hearings on an Amendment Addressing the Requirements of the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA)
10/16/98	Council to Consider Total Allowable Catch for Red Snapper, a Draft Generic Amendment to Comply With Provisions of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, a Protocol for Approving Additional Bycatch Reduction Devices, and an Alternative Report of Management Targets for Red Snapper in the Gulf
10/9/98	Red Snapper Advisory Panel and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Red Snapper Assessment Update and Recommend Management Measures for 1999
10/5/98	Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel to Review National Marine Fisheries Service' Draft HMS Fishery Management Plan and Billfish AP to Review NMFS' Amendment to the Billfish
9/29/98	Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel
9/28/98	Ad Hoc Marine Reserves Scientific and Statistical Committee to Prepare Scoping Document on Potential Application of Marine Reserves in the Gulf of Mexico
9/21/98	Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to Review Sustainable Fisheries Act Generic Amendment and the Status of Reef Fish Amendments 16A and 16B, Mackerel Amendment 9 and Regulatory Amendment Actions
9/11/98	Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel to Review New Red Snapper Assessment and Proposed Overfishing and Rebuilding Criteria
8/25/98	Council Cancels Ad Hoc Council Technical Group Meeting
8/24/98	Council Cancels Conference Call Meeting on Red Snapper
8/21/98	Council to Take Final Action on Amendment Describing Essential Fish Habitat and to Consider Setting Total Allowable Catch for Vermilion Snapper and Gag
8/14/98	Reef Fish Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Gag and Vermilion Snapper Assessments; SSC to Also Review Finfish Maximum Sustainable Yield Alternatives and Shrimp Trawl BRD Analyses
8/12/98	Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Release of Red Snapper Allowable Catch (Revised - Louisiana Edition)
8/12/98	Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Release of Red Snapper Allowable Catch
8/10/98	Panel to Review Information on Effectiveness of Bycatch Reduction Devices in Shrimp Trawls
7/30/98	Finfish Stock Assessment Panel to Review Overfishing Criteria and Potential Alternatives
7/28/98	Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel
7/13/98	Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel to Review Stock Assessments for Gag and Vermilion Snapper
6/26/98	Council to Take Final Action on Mackerel Amendment 9 and Generic Essential Fish Habitat Amendment
5/27/98	Committee to Review Draft Amendment on Essential Fish Habitat
5/22/98	Public Hearings Scheduled on a Draft Generic Amendment Addressing Essential Fish Habitat in the Gulf of Mexico
5/8/98	Scientific Panels to Develop New Overfishing Criteria
4/17/98	Council to Set TAC for Mackerel Stocks and Take Further Action on Amendments Regulating Reef Fish and Mackerels
3/27/98	Mackerel Advisory Panel and Scientific and Statistical Committee to Review Information Related to Federal Rules For Mackerel
3/6/98	Essential Fish Habitat Review Scheduled
3/6/98	Scientific Panels to Develop New Overfishing Criteria
2/27/98	Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Assessment Panel
2/27/98	Fishery Councils to Convene Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel
2/13/98	Council to Take Final Action on Amendments Regulating Reef Fish and Mackerels
2/11/98	Public Hearing Scheduled on Proposed Federal Rules Regulating King and Spanish Mackerel Resources in the Gulf of Mexico
1/16/98	Public Hearings Scheduled on Proposed Federal Rules Regulating King and Spanish Mackerel and Various Reef Fish Resources in the Gulf of Mexico

Press Releases - 1998

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