Meeting Notice

July 8, 2019

Gulf Council Convenes its Standing, Reef Fish, Mackerel ad Socioeconomic Scientific and Statistical Committees

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will host a meeting of its Standing, Reef Fish, Mackerel, and Socioeconomic Scientific and Statistical Committees. The meeting will convene at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 and adjourn by 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.

The Scientific and Statistical Committees will address the following:

• Best Scientific Information Available - NOAA Policy directive for Stock Status Determinations and Catch Specifications
• National Standard 1 Guidance of Estimation of Fishing Mortality and Biomass Proxies
• Coping with Information Gaps in Stock Productivity for Rebuilding and Achieving Maximum Sustainable Yield for Grouper and Snapper Fisheries
• Establishing Stock Status Determination Criteria for Fisheries with High Discards and Uncertain Recruitment
• A Perspective on Steepness, Reference Points, and Stock Assessment
• Status Determination Criteria Amendment
• Alternative ABC Control Rule
• MRIP and State Survey Data Collection and Calibration Efforts
• SEDAR 62 - Gray Triggerfish
• Council Research and Monitoring Priorities for 2020-2024
• Gray Snapper Operational Assessment
• West Florida Shelf Hogfish Benchmark Assessment
• Gulf SEDAR Assessment Schedule
• Fishery Impact Assessment of Explosive Removal of Structures
• Almaco Jack Life History and Landings

For an agenda and meeting materials, click here.

To register for the webinar, click here.