Council Meeting Briefing Book

October 19-22, 2009

*   Material to be mailed later or provided at meeting.

** Material provided to Council Members only.

Section A

Committee Schedule

Committee Roster 2009

Council Agenda

August Full Council Minutes

Revised Council Proposed 2008-2010 Actions

SEDAR Schedule

2009 and 2010 Meeting Dates

Section B

Reef Fish Management Committee

1.   Committee Agenda

2.   Committee Minutes

3.   Biological Opinion on Sea Turtle-Reef Fish Fishery Interactions

4.   Reef FIsh Amendment 31/DEIS - Hook Limit Ation

5.   Gag/Red Grouper Scoping Document

6.   Modifications to Regulations in Amendment 29

7.   SSC Webinar Report

8.   May 18, 2009 SEDAR Steering Committee Draft Meeting Summary

9.   Revision to Greater Amberjack Update Assessment TOR

10.  (a) SEDAR 22 Yellowedge Grouper Benchmark Assessment TOR

      (b) SEDAR 22 Tilefishes Benchmark Assessment TOR

11.  Revised LAPP AP Charge

12.  (a) SSC Request to Reanalyze Gag and Red Grouper OFLs

      (b) Reef Fish SSC Summary

13.  Alternative Dates for Red Snapper Recreational Season

Section C

Coastal Migratory Pelagics Mackerel. Management Committee

1.   Agenda

2.   Minutes

3.   Joint GMFMC/SAFMC/MAFMC Scoping Document for Amendments 18 and 20 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP

4.   Scoping Meeting Summaries

5.   Summary of Written/E-mail comments

Section D

Shrimp Management Committee

1.   Agenda

2.   Minutes

3.   NMFS Status and Health of the Shrimp Stocks for 2008

4.   Stock Assessment Report 2008 - Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery

Section E

Administrative Policy Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Modifications to SOPPS

    (a) Model SOPPs from DOC

    (b) Gulf Council SOPPs

    (c) North Pacific Council SOPPs

Section F

Data Collection Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  For-hire Logbook Workshop

    (a) Summary of Workshop

    (b) Full Report from Workshop

    (c) GulfFIN Recommendations on For-hire Logbook

Section G

Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Report on ABC Control Workgroup

4.  Generic ACL/AM Amendment Scoping Document

5.  Scoping Hearing Summaries

6.  Summary of Written/E-mail Comments

7.  Five-year Research Plan

Section H

Joint Stone Crab/Spiny Lobster Management Committee

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes

3.  Spiny Lobster Amendment 10 Scoping Document

4.  Scoping Hearing Summaries

5.  Summary of Written/E-mail Comments

Section I

SEDAR Selection Committee – CLOSED SESSION**

1.  Agenda

2.  Proposed SEDAR 19 (Black Grouper) Review Workshop Participants**

3.  Proposed SEDAR 22 (Yellowedge Grouper & Tilefish) Data Participants**

Section J

AP Selection Committee – CLOSED SESSION**

1.  Agenda

2.  Minutes**

3.  Ad Hoc LAPP AP Members

4.  Ad Hoc Data Collection AP Candidates**

5.  Ad Hoc Data Collection AP Resumes**

Section K

Administrative Policy Committee – CLOSED SESSION**

1. Agenda *

Section L

Catch Shares Task Force Presentation *

Section M

Other Business *

Section Q

Regional Administrator's Report

Section R

Directors’ Reports *

1. Mississippi State Director's Report