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Advisory Panel Minutes, April 2014 SOUTH ATLANTIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL SNAPPER GROUPER ADVISORY PANEL Crowne Plaza Hotel North Charleston, South Carolina APRIL 8-10, 2014 SUMMARY MINUTES Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel Members: Robert Johnson, Chairman Jim Atack, Vice-Chairman Robert Thompson Mark Brown Bill Cole Phil Conklin Don DeMaria Kenneth Fex Richard Stiglitz Rob Harris David Moss Red Munden Scott Osborne Rodney Smith James Freeman Jack Perrett Jimmy Hull Council Members: Ben Hartig Dr. Michelle Duval Mel Bell Chris Conklin Jack Cox Charlie Phillips Doug Haymans Council Staff: Bob Mahood Gregg Waugh Amber Von Harten Kim Iverson Myra Brouwer Roger Pugliese Dr. Mike Errigo Dr. Kari MacLauchlin Dr. Brian Cheuvront John Carmichael Mike Collins Julie O’Dell Observers/Perticipants: John Hunt Dr. Marcel Reichert Chris McCaffity Lt. Mike Mastrianni Stacey Harter Tracey Smart Dr. Joey Ballenger Mike Burton Dr. Will Heyman Additional observers attached Snapper Grouper AP April 8-10, 2014 N. Charleston, SC The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council convened in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, North Charleston, South Carolina, Tuesday afternoon, April 8, 2014, and was called to order at 1:30 o’clock p.m. by Chairman Robert Johnson. MR. JOHNSON: Okay, guys, the first thing we’re going to do is we’ve got some new faces on the AP; so I’m going to start with Jimmy Hull down there on the end and we’re going to come around this way. Speak your name into the microphone and what you do and what sector you’re from. MR. HULL: My name is Jimmy Hull; I’m from Ponce Inlet, Florida; and I’m a commercial sector. I also have a seafood market and restaurant. MR. FREEMAN: Jim Freeman; also from Ponce Inlet, Florida; commercial sector; subcommittee on the wreckfish. MR. CONKLIN: Phil Conklin; grouper snapper; commercial; wholesale/retail seafood. MR. OSBORNE: Scott Osborne; commercial fisherman; Stuart, Florida. MR. PERRETT: I’m Jack Perrett from Georgia; recreational fisherman and diver. MR. MOSS: David Moss; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; recreational fisherman. MR. MUNDEN: I’m Red Munden from Morehead City, North Carolina. I’m retired from the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries as a fisheries management biologist. MR. BROWN: Mark Brown here in Charleston; commercial and recreational. MR. STIGLITZ: Richard Stiglitz; Florida Keys; commercial fishing. MR. FEX: Kenny Fex; North Carolina commercial fisherman. MR. ATACK: Jim Atack; North Carolina; commercial and recreational spearfishing. MR. JOHNSON: Robert Johnson; I’m a charterboat operator out of St. Augustine, Florida. MS. BROUWER: I’m Myra Brouwer; council staff. MR. COLE: I’m Bill Cole from Greensboro, North Carolina. I’m retired from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service; and that’s about it. MR. HARRIS: Rob Harris; Key West; recreational and for-hire. MR. DeMARIA: Don DeMaria; Summerland Key; commercial and spearfishing. MR. SMITH: Rodney Smith; Satellite Beach; media. 2 Snapper Grouper AP April 8-10, 2014 N. Charleston, SC MR. THOMPSON: Robert Thompson; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina; charter/headboat; recreational. MR. HARTIG: Ben Hartig; Chairman of the South Atlantic Council, and welcome to you all. Thank you for your continued dedication to this process, and I hope you don’t mind me sitting at your table, because there was no room elsewhere. MR. JOHNSON: We’re going to have approval of the agenda, but there are going to be a couple changes; Myra, if you could tell them what those are going to be. MS. BROUWER: We thought that to start things off right after we do the election of Chair and Vice-Chair; we’re going to have Kim Iverson, who is our Public Information Officer, give us an overview of the council process and how the APs are involved and stuff for the benefit of the new AP members that are here today. Then we’re going to do our update on the recently completed snapper grouper amendments. That should be fairly brief, but it will give you guys a chance to ask questions and just see where we are with the various amendments that have recently been submitted or the ones that we’re still working on. Then we’ll have John Carmichael give his presentation to you on Regulatory Amendment 21, the one that changed the MSST definition. If you recall, that was an amendment that you guys didn’t get the chance to see prior to the council approving it in March. It was sent to you via e- mail, and I think there were some misunderstandings as far as what the council was trying to do with the action they took in that amendment. We wanted to make sure that John was here to present to you guys why the council took the action they did and to give you the opportunity to ask questions and understand how that was all done. We’ll do that; and then there is another presentation that is not on the agenda that Chris McCafferty is going to give. He is going to be talking about these fish-descending devices that from I understand the Pacific Council has recently approved to use. Then we’re going to get into Regulatory Amendment 16, which is the one that is going to readdress the closure on black sea bass pots. Those are the only changes so far to the agenda. MR. JOHNSON: Thank you, Myra. I would like to tell the group a huge thanks for bearing with me for the last couple years as your chairman. It has been a great privilege representing you to the council, and I hope I’ve done a somewhat decent job. At this time we are going to elect a new chair and vice-chair that will serve at the next AP meeting. We sent out an e-mail – I hope that people received it – soliciting names. From what I saw, the group was very supportive of the vice-chair taking over the chairmanship. The other thing that was also brought to bear was Kenny Fex being the Vice-Chair. If somebody wants to make a motion or talk about that or if they have any other names they want to throw in the mix. 3 Snapper Grouper AP April 8-10, 2014 N. Charleston, SC MR. COLE: To formalize it, Mr. Chairman I’m going to move the selection of Jim Atack as Chair, and Kenny as Vice-Chair; and then I’m going to move that nominations be closed and we elect by acclamation. MR. JOHNSON: Do we have a second; seconded by Phil. All in favor. Okay, thank you so much. MR. COLE: See how fast we can do it? MR. JOHNSON: While Myra is finishing typing; I will say that it does take a lot of work. It takes some time. Remember these, guys, it is a little bit more of a job than I anticipated when I first took it on. MR. COLE: Mr. Chairman, and toward that; I think that we have to really recognize the time and effort that you have put into it. You’ve not only put in time here, you’ve put it in numerous, numerous public hearings; and you’ve actually had to make a couple of trips to D.C. on our behalf. On behalf of all of us and I’m sure of the council, we thank you. You really have done a great job. (Applause) MR. JOHNSON: Thank you; that is very gracious. Okay, I approved the minutes from the last meeting. Now that you have all clapped and you are being so nice to me; I hope there were no objections to that. If not, we’ll move on. Seeing none; Kim. MS. IVERSON: Thank you for being here this afternoon. We have some new members on the advisory panel as you were introduction yourselves at the table. My name is Kim Iverson; and I’m the Public Information Officer with the council; and welcome. We thought it might be helpful to just kind of give everyone a quick overview of the council process in a nutshell – that would take the whole afternoon if we went into a detail – and the role of the advisory panels. If time allows, I want to show you some kind of neat things that you can use on the website to access some information that you can impress your fellow fishermen with and help my job as far as getting the word out that this information is available online. What I wanted to do this afternoon briefly is just kind of go over the council process and the involvement; how the advisory panels fit into that process, and what your role is as you sit around this table for the next couple of days. Of course, the regional management councils were established under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management Act back in 1976. There are eight regional councils and the tagline for this South Atlantic Council is to conserve and manage. The council’s role is to develop fishery management plans and subsequent amendments. This is just a map showing the eight regional management councils and their jurisdictional boundaries. If you start at the top right-hand side with the New England Council in red; then move down you will see the Mid-Atlantic Council’s jurisdictional area in yellow, and the South Atlantic Council in blue. The Caribbean Council’s jurisdiction is indicated here; and the Gulf Council’s area of jurisdiction here. On the west coast is the Pacific Council; and the North Pacific Council that encompasses federal waters around the entire State of Alaska.
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