Council Meeting Briefing Book

Section A

- Committee Agenda

- Council Agenda

- Committee Roster and Meeting Schedule

- November 2006 Council Minutes

Section B

Reef Fish Management Committee

1.  Committee Agenda

2.  Committee Minutes

3.  Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ AP Recommendations for IFQ Program

4.  Proposed Guidelines for Referendum on Grouper/Tilefish IFQ*

5.  Scoping Document for Amendment 30

6.  Scoping Meeting Comments on Amendment 30*

7.  SSC Recommendations on Amendment 30

8.  Draft Charge of Ad Hoc Recreational Red Snapper Advisory Panel

9.  Resumes and letters from Applicants wishing to serve on Ad Hoc

     Recreational Red Snapper AP**

10. Grouper Allocation Update

Section C

Mackerel Management Committee

1.  Committee Agenda

2.  Committee Minutes

     a. January 2007

     b. November 2006

3.  South Atlantic Motions

4.  a. Gulf King Management Regs and Harvest

     b. Atlantic King Management Regs and Harvest

     c. Estimates of SFA Related Parameters

     d. Summary of Stock Status Indicators

     e. Bootstrapped Estimates of Stock

     f. ABC for Fishing Year 2003

     g. Expected yields for Gulf and Atlantic King Mackerel

5.  Data Request to SEFSC

6.  Update of King Mackerel Projections

7.  King Mackerel Projections Note

8.  Notes on Mackerel Updates

Section D

AP Selection Committee

1.  Agenda **

2.  Minutes **

3.  Information on Violations of Applicants **

4.  AP Members' letters and/or resumes **

5.  Summary of AP members' attendance **

6.  AP Members by Sector and State **

Section E

Joint Reef Fish/Shrimp Management Committees

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  SEFSC Analyses Runs

     a. MRFSS Effort and Red Snapper Landings

4.  SEFSC Report on Release Mortality in Relation to Depth and Dolphin Predation *

5.  Report on Longline Survey for Adult Red Snapper*

6.  Framework Action to Revise List of Allowable BRDS

     a. BRD Decertification FRN

     b. Decertification BRD RIR

7.  Public Hearing Draft of Reef Fish Amendment 27/Shrimp Amendment 14

     a. RF27-Shrimp14 Alternative Action 1

     b. Tables for Section 6.5.7.1.1

8.  SSC Recommendations on RF 27/Shrimp 14

9.  NMFS Final Interim Rule for Red Snapper

10. Options Paper for Reef Fish Amendment 31/Shrimp Amendment 15

11. Court Ruling on Reef Fish Amendment 22

Section F

Budget/Personnel Committee - Postponed to June Meeting

Section G

SSC Selection Committee (CLOSED SESSION)**

1.  Agenda **

2.  Minutes **

3.  Letters and/or Resumes for SSC, SAP, and SEP Members **

4.  Record of Attendance of SSC, SAP, and SEP members **           

Section H

Data Collection Committee

 1.  Agenda

 2.  Minutes

 3.  Discussion Paper on Amendment to Require Trip Tickets for the Recreational-for-hire Sector

Section I

Administrative Policy Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Federal Register Notice of Annual Catch Limits (ACL)

4.  Proposed Gulf Council Schedule Implementing ACLs

5.  Notice of Scoping Meetings on ACLs

6.  MSFCMA Requirements for Annual Catch Limits (PowerPoint)

Section J

Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Management Committees

1. Agenda

2. Minutes

3. IPT Schedule and Work Assignments on Aquaculture Amendment

    a. Aquaculture IPT Summary

    b. Aquaculture Outline

    c. Agenda for Aquaculture Call

    d. Table of Contents for Amendment

    e. Aquaculture IPT Summary 3-16-07

4. SSC Recommendations on completing Red Drum SEDAR Stock Assessment

Section K

Other Business *

Section N

Proposed Regulatory Actions

 1. SERO Proposed Actions

 2. Proposed SEDAR Actions

Section O

Other Meeting Reports

1. MSA Review

2. Revised Provisions Proposed by Councils

3. SAFMC Summary Motions

4. SAFMC Mackerel Committee Report

Section P

Enforcement Reports* 

Section Q

Regional Administrator's Report

Section R

Directors' Reports

1. Texas

2. Mississippi