Oct. 2025 System Management Plan Workgroup Meeting

Meeting Agenda & Briefing Materials

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is holding a meeting of its System Management Plan Workgroup on October 31st from 9 am to 12 pm. 

Friday, October 31, 2025

9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

• Approval Agenda
• Approval of Minutes

1. Data Collection and Findings in Warsaw Hole, Devil’s Hole, and South Cape Lookout (Attachment 1)
2. Data Collection in Area 51 and 53
   1. Excerpts from Amendment 36 on Area 51 and 53 (Attachment 2a)
   2. Information from Area 53 (Attachment 2b)
   3. Ongoing Efforts in Area 51 and 53 (Attachment 2c)
3. Enforcement and Compliance in SSMZs (Attachment 3)
4. Evaluation Tools for the SSMZs
   1. Potential Metrics included in Snapper Grouper Amendment 36 System Management Plan with Scoring (Attachment 4a)
   2. Draft SSMZ Evaluation Tool (Attachment 4b)

Staff Contact

• Chip Collier

  Deputy Director for Science

  chip.collier@safmc.net