The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to Convene its Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter Advisory Panel

Meeting Notice September 7, 2016   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to Convene its Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter Advisory Panel   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter Advisory Panel September 26-27, 2016. The meeting will be held at the Doubletree New Orleans Airport hotel, located at 2150 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Kenner, Louisiana 70062. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on Monday, September 26, and conclude no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27th.   The charge to the Red Snapper For-Hire Advisory Panel is to make recommendations to the Council relative to the design and implementation of flexible measures for the management of red snapper for the for-hire sector.   The Advisory Panel will review Draft Amendment 41 - Red Snapper Management for Federally Permitted Charter Vessels, refine the amendments goals and objectives, and provide the Council will recommendations on red snapper management for the charter for-hire component. The panel will also evaluate an allocation-based management program that would provide recreational participants with annual allocation in the form of harvest tags for use on the charter vessel of their choice. Finally, the panel will review a draft of the Generic Charter Vessel and Headboat Reporting Requirement Amendment that considers adopting mandatory electronic reporting for federally permitted for-hire vessels in the Gulf.   For a complete agenda and meeting materials click here. The meeting will be broadcast via webinar. To listen in click here.         About the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional Fishery Management Councils established by the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. The Council prepares fishery management plans, which are designed to manage fishery resources within the 200-mile limit of the Gulf of Mexico.

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