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June 2025 Council Meeting

Date/Time:
June 9, 2025 - June 13, 2025
Location:
Radisson Resort at the Port: 8701 Astronaut Blvd., Cape Canaveral, FL
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Meeting Agenda & Briefing Materials

Except for advertised public hearings and public comment sessions, the timing of agenda items may change.

Committee Reports

The public comment session (Wednesday, June 11th, 2025, 4 p.m.), will allow for in-person and remote (via webinar) verbal public comment. Individuals intending to provide comments remotely are asked to sign up HERE. Those intending to provide verbal public comment in person will be asked to sign in at the meeting.

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Monday, June 9th, 2025

Snapper Grouper Commercial Sub-Committee/McCawley 8:30 am – 10:00 am 

  1. Attachment 1: Updated Commercial Data Analyses
  2. Attachment 2: Amendment 60 (Commercial Permits and Trip Efficiency) Decision Document

Council Session I /Murphey 10:15 am – 12:00 pm (CLOSED)  

During this closed session, the Council will receive a litigation briefing, consider appointments to advisory bodies, discuss Council Committee membership, and vote on the 2024 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.

Lunch 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

Council Session I /Murphey 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm 

  1. Reports
    1.  Attachment 1a: NOAA Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) report
    2. Attachment 1b: NOAA OLE presentation (also available in Recent Docs)
    3. Attachment 1c: USCG briefing
    4. Attachment 1d: Gulf Council Liaison Report
    5. Attachment 1e: Mid-Atlantic Council Liaison Report
    6. Attachment 1f: Staff Report
    7. Attachment 1g: CCC summary presentation (May 2025)
    8. Attachment 1h. Resilient Fisheries Projects Summary
    9. Attachment 1i. Southeast Regional Office (SERO) Report
    10. Attachment 1j. Dolphin Wahoo Advisory Panel (AP) Report
  2. Executive Orders Review
    1. Attachment 2a: Executive Order 14276 (2025)
    2. Attachment 2b: NMFS guidance letter EO 14276
    3. Attachment 2c: SAFMC Response to EO 13921 (2020)
  3. SAFMC Research and Monitoring Plan Review
    1. Attachment 3a: SAFMC Research and Monitoring Plan Recommendations, 2025-2029 (also available in Recent Docs)
    2. Attachment 3b: SEFSC report on activities addressing items in the 2023-2027 Research and Monitoring Plan
    3. Attachment 3c: State Research and Monitoring Projects 2023-2025

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Council Session I/Murphey 8:30 am – 12:00 noon 

  1. Attachment 4: For-Hire Reporting Improvement Amendment Decision Document
  2. Attachment 5: Terms of Reference for 2026 Gag Assessment (also available in Recent Docs)
  3. South Atlantic Headboats Report
    1. Attachment 6a: South Atlantic Headboats Report
    2. Attachment 6b: South Atlantic Headboats Presentation (also available in Recent Docs)

Lunch 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

Mackerel Cobia/Roller 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 

  1. Advisory panel report
    1. Attachment 1a: Mackerel Cobia Advisory Panel Report
    2. Attachment 1b: Mackerel Cobia Advisory Panel Report Presentation
  2. Attachment 2: Gulf Council CMP Stakeholder Engagement Effort Report
  3. Mackerel Port Meetings
    1. Attachment 3a: Summary of Mackerel Port Meetings Management Discussions
    2. Attachment 3b: Mackerel Port Meetings Final Report

Snapper Grouper/McCawley 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm 

  1. Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) Proxies
    1. Attachment 1a: FWRI MSY Proxy Presentation
    2. Attachment 1b: Summary of MSY Proxy Applications to South Atlantic Species (also available in Recent Docs)

Wednesday, June 11th, 2025

Snapper Grouper Committee/ McCawley 8:30 am – 12:00 noon 

  1. Black Sea Bass (Amendment 56)
    1. Attachment 2a: Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule Stock Risk Rating Decision Document
    2. Attachment 2b: SEDAR 76 (Black Sea Bass) Update Presentation
    3. Attachment 2c: Amendment 56 (Black Sea Bass) Decision Document
  2. Attachment 3: Commercial Sub-Committee Report (also available in Recent Docs)
  3. Golden Tilefish Assessment Update (no attachment)

Lunch 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

Snapper Grouper Committee/ McCawley 1:30 pm – 3:45 pm 

  1. Attachment 5: Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Unit Revision Decision Document

Public Comments 4:00 pm – end

Public comments regarding any of the items on the Council agenda will be accepted from individuals attending the meeting (in-person and remotely). The Council Chair, based on the number of individuals wishing to comment, will determine the amount of time provided to each commenter. Those intending to provide verbal public comment via webinar can sign up HERE.

Thursday, June 12th, 2025

Snapper Grouper Committee/ McCawley 8:30 am – 12:00 noon

  1. Yellowtail Snapper & Mutton Snapper
    1. Attachment 6a: SEDAR 96 (Yellowtail Snapper) Presentation (also available in Recent Docs)
    2. Attachment 6b: SEDAR 79 (Mutton Snapper) Presentation
  2. Recreational Permit and Education Requirement (Amendment 46)
    1. Attachment 7a: NOAA Fisheries SEFSC and OST Presentation (also available in Recent Docs)
    2. Attachment 7b: Amendment 46 (Private Recreational Permitting and Education Requirement) Decision Document
    3. Attachment 7c: Amendment 46 (Private Recreational Permitting and Education Requirement) Draft Amendment

Lunch 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm

Snapper Grouper Committee/ McCawley 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 

  1. Attachment 8: SEDAR 92 (Blueline Tilefish) Update
  2. AP report (topics not covered on the agenda)
  3. Management Strategy Evaluation Update (no attachment)

Habitat & Ecosystem and Shrimp/Murphey and Belcher 3:15 pm – 5:00 pm 

  1. Shrimp Fishery Access Area (Coral Amendment 11/Shrimp Amendment 12)
    1. Attachment 1a. Coral Amendment 11/Shrimp Amendment 12 Decision Document
    2. Attachment 1b. Draft Coral Amendment 11/Shrimp Amendment 12

Friday, March 7th, 2025

Council Session II /Murphey 8:30 am – 12:00 noon  

Agenda

Committee Reports

  1. Attachment 1: SAFMC Workplan Q2-Q3 2025
  2. Attachment 2: Upcoming SAFMC Meetings  

Other business

Adjourn

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