Press Releases - 2000

 

Date

 

Title

 

11/14/2000
Council to Take Final Action on Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management Plan, Shrimp Amendment and Closure, and Set Total Allowable Catch for Red Grouper, Red Snapper, and Greater Amberjack

 

11/12/2000
Shrimp Advisory Panel to Meet in Biloxi, Mississippi

 

11/11/2000
Additional Public Hearings Scheduled to Review Draft Amendment 11 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan

 

11/11/2000
Standing, Special Shrimp, and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees to Meet in New Orleans

 

11/11/2000
Reef Fish Advisory Panel to Meet in New Orleans

 

11/9/2000
Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel to Meet

 

10/18/2000
Council to Take Final Action on Amendments to Stone Crab and Shrimp Fishery Management Plans (FMP), and the Dolphin/Wahoo FMP

 

9/27/2000
Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to Discuss Sale of Recreationally Caught Fish, Marine Enforcement Capabilities and Needs, and a 5-Year Strategic Law Enforcement Plan for the Gulf

 

9/22/2000
Public Hearings Scheduled for a Stone Crab Amendment

 

9/19/2000
Council Cancels Public Hearings on Charter Vessel Permit Amendment

 

9/15/2000
Standing and Special Shrimp Scientific and Statistical Committee to Meet in New Orleans

 

9/15/2000
Shrimp Advisory Panel to Review Draft Amendment 11 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan

 

9/14/2000
Public Hearings Scheduled to Review Draft Amendment 11 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan

 

8/29/2000
Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel

 

8/25/2000
Texas Habitat Protection Advisory Panel to Discuss Habitat Issues of Concern

 

8/18/2000
Council to Take Final Action on Joint Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management Plan

 

8/4/2000
Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel to Review Greater Amberjack, Red Grouper, and Vermilion Snapper Assessment Information, a Draft Red Snapper Restoration Scenario, and a Method for Determining Management Targets and Thresholds for Groupers and Tilefish

 

7/21/2000
Red Drum Stock Assessment Panel to Review Research Needs for Red Drum Via Conference Call

 

7/20/2000
Gulf Council Approves the Generic Amendment Addressing the Establishment of Tortugas Marine Reserves

 

7/7/2000
Public Hearings Scheduled on Draft Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery Management Plan

 

6/16/2000
Council to Take Final Action on Stone Crab Amendment and Tortugas 2000 Marine Reserves Amendment

 

5/26/2000
Hearings Scheduled on Proposed Marine Reserve

 

5/26/2000
Scientific and Statistical Committees to Review Stone Crab Amendment and Proposed Marine Reserves

 

5/12/2000
Stone Crab Advisory Panel (AP) to Review Amendment for a Stone Crab Trap Certificate Program

 

5/12/2000
Hearings Scheduled on Amendment for a Stone Crab Trap Certificate Program

 

4/20/2000
Council to Set Total Allowable Catch for King Mackerel, as Well as Review Stock Assessment Reports and Potential Management Measures for Dolphin, and Status of Red Drum

 

4/6/2000
Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC) to Review Information Related to Federal Rules for Mackerel

 

4/6/2000
Dolphin and Wahoo Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC) to Review Exploratory Stock Assessment, Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel Report, and Socioeconomic Panel Report for Dolphin

 

3/27/2000
Red Drum Stock Assessment Panel to Review Biological Information on Red Drum Via Conference Call

 

3/21/2000
Fishery Council to Convene Socioeconomic Panel

 

3/10/2000
Fishery Councils to Convene Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

 

2/25/2000
Gulf Council to Meet in San Antonio

 

2/18/2000
Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to Review Enforcement Data Collection and Tracking Mechanisms and a 5-year Strategic and Operations Plan for the Gulf, as Well as a National Conservation Crime Information System

 

2/4/2000
Additional Public Workshops Scheduled to Consider the Need for Additional Bycatch Reduction Requirements in the Shrimp Fishery Off the West Coast of Florida

 

2/4/2000
Advisory Group to Develop Proposal for Permitting System for Charter Vessels in the Gulf of Mexico

 

1/13/2000
Red Drum Stock Assessment Panel to Review New Red Drum Assessments

 

1/11/2000
Public Workshops Scheduled to Consider the Need for Additional Bycatch Reduction Requirements in the Shrimp Fishery Off the West Coast of Florida