Council Meeting Briefing Book

October 30 - November 1, 2007
Biloxi, Mississippi

*   Material to be mailed later or provided at meeting.

** Material provided to Council Members only.

Section A

- Committee Schedule

- Council Agenda

- Committee Roster and Meeting Schedule

- August Council Minutes

Section B

Reef Fish Management Committee

1.  Committee Agenda

2.  Committee Minutes

3.  British Columbia IFQ Program

4.  Scoping Document for Reef Fish Amendment 29 (Grouper IFQ)

5.  Summary of RF Amendment 30A Public Hearings and RF Amendment 29 Scoping Meetings

6.  Reef Fish Advisory Panel Recommendations

7.  Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ AP Recommendations

8.  SEFSC Report on Madison/Swanson and Steamboat Lumps *

9.  FSU Report on Red Grouper Spawning at Steamboat Lumps *

10. Summary of Ecosystem Modeling Workshop

  1. Ecosystem Modeling Workshop Report - May 2007

  2. Ecosystem Follow-up Workshop Report - September 24-26 2007

11. Preliminary Public Hearing Draft Reef Fish Amendment 30B

12.  SEFSC Report on gag Male/Female Ratios

     a.  SEFSC Report on gag Male/Female Ratios

     b.  Koenig e-mail

     c.  Extract from Gulf Council talk

13. SSC Recommendations

14. Proposed Public Hearing Locations for Reef Fish Amendment 30B

15. Draft Red Snapper Allocation Document

16. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 30A

17. Goliath Grouper Cooperative Research Project

18. Issues Associated with Overfishing Threshold

Section C

Data Collection Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Report of Select SSC Committee on the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)

     a.  Approach

     b.  Development

     c.  Progress Report

Section D

Shrimp Management Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  NMFS Status and Health of the Shrimp Stocks

4.  Stock Assessment Report GOM Shrimp 2006

5.  a.  Biological Review of the Tortugas Pink Shrimp Fishery through December 2006

     b.  Tortugas Pink Shrimp Figures 2006

Section E

Red Drum Management Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Ad Hoc Review Panel Recommendations

Section F

Budget/Personnel Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Status Report on CY 2007 Funding

4.  Proposed CY 2008 Operational Budget 

Section G

Habitat Protection Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Texas Habitat Protection AP Recommendations 

4.  Louisiana/Mississippi Habitat Protection AP Recommendations *

Section H

Spiny Lobster/Stone Crab Management Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Draft Scoping - Minimum Size Limit for Imported Spiny Lobster

     a.  Draft Scoping - PowerPoint

Section I

MPA Proposal

Section J

Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Management Committees

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Draft Generic Amendment - Offshore Marine Aquaculture and Figures

4.  IPT Revisions to Generic Amendment

Section K

Other Business

1.  Letter to Michael Clark RE: HMS Am 2

2.  HMS Am 2 PowerPoint Presentation

3.  National Bycatch Report Presentation Request

Section N

Proposed Regulatory Actions

1. Council Proposed '06 - '09 Actions

2. SEDAR Assessment List

Section O

Other Meeting Reports

1. SAFMC Summary of Motions September 2007 Council Meeting

Section P

 Enforcement Reports * 

Section Q

 Regional Administrator's Report

Section R

Directors' Reports *

1. MS Director Report August-October 2007

2. GSMFC State Director Report