Council Motions: March 11-12, Mobile, Alabama. Budget

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1 Council Motions: March 11-12, Mobile, Alabama This document contains the full chronology of motions made at the full Council session of the Gulf Council meeting held March 11-12, 2004 in Mobile, Alabama. This includes failed, substituted, and amended motions as well as those that passed. Motions that passed (excluding motions to amend) are indicated in bold. Budget Motion: to purchase from Vendor 1 the items listed in Tab C-5 without the chair station and with only 20 microphones and including the purchase of the digital recorder. The adjusted cost would be $9,670. Substitute Motion: to purchase from Vendor 1 the items listed in Tab C-5 with only 20 microphones and including the purchase of the digital recorder. The adjusted cost would be $10,074. Substitute Motion carried with no objection. (motion pertains to the purchase of a new PA system) Motion: that staff write a letter to FSU thanking them for their interests in the request by Mr. Fensom and apologize that we are unable to enter into a contract for the economic study, however, we will keep them in mind for future needs. (motion pertains to file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (1 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

2 a proposal to evaluate the current research on the economic value of commercial and recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico) Motion: that we have adequate financial resources to either contract or hire additional staff expertise in social and economic analyses and that we highly encourage the Council staff to make arrangements for these services. Motion: to contract with bidder number one to produce the Committee and Council minutes through the end of CY 04. Motion carried with no objection and one abstention. (motion pertains to the hiring of a court reporter to record Council meetings) Essential Fish Habitat EIS Motion: that the Habitat Protection Committee recommends that the full Council approve the final EFH EIS with allowances for editorial changes by staff and MRAG. Habitat Protection Motion carried by roll call vote 13 - yes; 0 - no; 4 - absent. file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (2 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

3 Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership Motion: that the Council participate in and sign the memorandum of understanding for the Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership. Other - Kemps Ridley Recovery Team meeting in Houston (in April) Motion: that the Council send Jeff Rester to attend the Kemps Ridley Turtle meeting and represent the Council. Joint Reef Fish/King Mackerel Limited Access Motion: to request staff to develop a draft amendment for a Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Limited Access System. Motion carried with one objection. Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Motion: Include in the scoping document for Amendment 16 options for effort reduction in the king mackerel fishery. file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (3 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

4 Charter/Headboat Permit Moratorium Extension Scoping Meetings Motion: that scoping meetings for the Scoping Document for Extending the Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium be held at: Port Isabel, TX, Port Aransas, TX, Galveston, TX, New Orleans, LA, Biloxi, MS, Orange Beach, AL, Destin, FL, St. Petersburg, FL, and Naples, FL. Motion carried earlier with no objection. Aquaculture amendment scoping document Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Motion: Remove sub option i from Section 6.2 scope of the Amendment: Broaden the scope to provide for "open ocean marine aquaculture systems" as defined in Section 5.1 by Drs. Kolian and Sammaro and place it in the Considered But Rejected Section. Motion: that an adhoc advisory panel be created addressing the aquaculture scoping document that would report back to the full Council and make recommendations for the final amendment. file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (4 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

5 Amendment: that an adhoc advisory panel be created addressing the aquaculture scoping document that would report back to the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel/Red Drum Committee and make recommendations for the final amendment. Amendment failed due to lack of second. Motion: From Section 6.2 Scope of the Amendment move item f to Section 6.6.1, move item g to Section 6.5.5, and move item h to Section Joint Administrative/Personnel Motion: To approve the Travel Advance Policy - Eligibility Option B: Any person that has received a Travel Authorization from the Council to attend a scheduled meeting may receive a Travel Advance, including but not limited to members of the SSCs, APs, and SEP. Motion: To approve the Travel Advance Policy - Conditions - Option B: As a condition of receiving a Travel Advance, each authorized traveler must provide a written request for such advance accompanied by a signed statement promising to repay any outstanding balance within 30 days of the completion of the meeting, conference, etc. for which file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (5 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

6 the Travel Advance was issued. Motion: To approve the Travel Advance Policy - Issuances - Option A - Issuance - The amount of any Travel Advance shall not exceed the allowable expenses for transportation (air, railroad, bus, and POV), hotel accommodations, meals, and incidental expenses as indicated on the Travel Authorization and for the travel period noted. Documentation of requested advances may be requested by the Executive Directors or Administrative Officer prior to issuance of a Travel Advance. Motion: To approve the Travel Advance Policy - Refund of Travel Advances: If an authorized traveler that receives a Travel Advance for attendance at a meeting, conference, etc. that is cancelled or the traveler is unable to attend such meeting or for any other reason this advance is not used, the full amount of the Travel Advance shall be repaid to the Council within 30 days of the scheduled end of such meeting. If an employee receives a travel advance and fails to repay any outstanding balance within 30 days or terminates his/ her employment with the Council at any time with an outstanding Travel Advance, the amount owed to the Council will file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (6 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

7 be deducted from the employees subsequent or final pay. Motion: Approve the Proposed Employee Close-out Process Terminating Employees and Attachment 1, with the addition of the Executive Director s signature on Attachment 1. Motion carried with 2 opposed. Motion: that the committee chairs and vice-chairs of the Personnel and Administrative Policy Committees and the Council Chair meet to work through the Administrative Handbook of Policies and Procedures and the Statement of Organization Practices and Procedures and prepare recommendations for consideration. The Chairs and Vice Chairs revising the Handbook and SOPPs should combine these two documents. (Staff will do first draft of this single document).. Motion carried without objection. Amendment 23 (Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan) Reef Fish Motion: For Section move Alternative 6 to considered but rejected: rebuild file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (7 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

8 the vermilion snapper stock in three years using a 0 F strategy. The required ABC starting in 2004 is 0 pounds and equates to a 100 percent reduction in harvest for the first three years. Motion: For Section that Alternative 3 be the Preferred Alternative: rebuild the vermilion snapper stock in 10 years using a stepped strategy that holds harvest constant for an initial 4 year interval consistent with the average of the same four years under a constant fishing mortality rate, then 3-year intervals thereafter. The required ABC starting in 2004 is mp and equates to a 25.5 percent reduction in directed harvest based on the average of the 2000 to 2002 estimated landings. Motion: The preferred alternative under strategy 3 be Alternative 4B - The minimum size for recreationally caught vermilion snapper will be 11 inches TL and the bag limit will be: B - 7 fish. Rebuilds the stock using strategy 3 (25.6 percent harvest reduction). The harvest reduction from a 7-fish bag limit is an approximation from table Amendment: 10-fish bag limit as opposed to a 7-fish bag limit. Amendment carried. Motion as amended: The preferred alternative under strategy 3 be Alternative 4B file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (8 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

9 - The minimum size for recreationally caught vermilion snapper will be 11 inches TL and the bag limit will be: 10 fish. Rebuilds the stock using strategy 3 (21.5 percent harvest reduction). The harvest reduction to a 10-fish bag limit is from table Motion as amended carried with a vote of 13 to 1 and 2 abstentions. Motion: that the Preferred Alternative be Alternative 3: The minimum size for commercially caught vermilion snapper will be: A: 12 inches. Rebuilds the stock using strategy 2 or 3 (27 percent harvest reduction). Motion: that the 2nd preferred alternative be: the minimum size for commercially caught vermilion snapper will be 11 inches and the trip limit will be 2,250 lbs. Rebuilds the stock using a 26.3 percent harvest reduction. Motion carried by a vote of 10 to 5 with one abstention. Motion: that Public Hearing sites for Mackerel 15/Reef Fish 24, Reef Fish Amendment 23, and the Charter Boat Moratorium be held at the file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (9 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

10 following locations: Port Isabel, Port Aransas, Galveston, New Orleans, Biloxi, Orange Beach, Destin, St. Petersburg, and Naples. Reef Fish Amendment 22 (Red Snapper Rebuilding Plan) Motion: to approve Reef Fish Amendment 22. Motion: to table the motion to the May meeting. Motion to table the motion carried with one opposed. Red Snapper IFQ Motion: that the Council proceed with the development of the red snapper IFQ plan amendment. Reef Fish Amendment 18 - Species Groupings for Developing Status Determination Criteria for Data-Poor Species Motion: to include group option 1 for shallow water grouper (includes all shallow-water grouper with red grouper and gag as indicator speicies); group option 3 for deep water grouper with tilefish removed from that grouping (includes all deep-water grouper with yellowedge file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (10 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

11 grouper as indicator species); and group option 6 for amberjacks (includes all amberjack species with greater amberjack as indicator species). Motion carried. Reef Fish Amendment 18 - Crew Size on Charter Vessels Fishing Commercially Motion: to allow a vessel with a COI to fish for reef fish under his commercial fishing license with three crew or the minimum number allowed on the COI, whichever is higher. Substitute Motion: A vessel (inspected or uninspected) is considered to be under charter when: a) uninspected vessel that has more than 3 persons on board including a licensed USCG captain to carry passengers for hire, or b) USCG inspected vessel that has more than the minimum number of required crew according to the vessel certificate of inspection (COI) and the length of the voyage. A charter vessel may fish under commercial reef fish regulations when it has: Substitute Motion withdrawn. a) uninspected vessel with 3 or fewer persons on board, or b) USCG inspected vessel with the minimum amount of crew required by the vessel s COI according to the length of the voyage. Substitute Motion: Add as a preferred alternative to the Section on simultaneous permits: Inspected vessel may fish commercially with no more than file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (11 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

12 the minimum number of persons on board as specified in the vessel COI. Substitute Motion withdrawn. Motion: to table the (original) motion and allow staff to develop the language. Motion to table the motion carried by a vote of 8 to 5 with one abstention. Note: The above motion was untabled near the end of the meeting. See below, Other Business - Crew Size for Charter Vessels Fishing Commercially Reef Fish Amendment 18 - Seasonal Closed Areas Motion: to move section Seasonal Closed Areas to the considered but rejected section. Motion failed by a vote of 0 to 11. SEDAR Appointments Motion: that the Council appoint the SEDAR Steering Committee as an advisory panel. Motion: that the Council add Dave Donaldson, Steve Vanderkooy, Jeff Rester, Dennis O'Hern, Joe O'hop, the Regional Administrator or designees, the SEFSC Director or designees, and all of the persons listed on Tab B, No. 9B with asterisks by their name to file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (12 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

13 the SEDAR pool. Amendment: to add Skipper Thiery to the SEDAR Pool. Amendment carried with no objection. Motion as amended: that the Council add Dave Donaldson, Steve Vanderkooy, Jeff Rester, Dennis O'Hern, Joe O'hop, Skipper Thiery, the Regional Administrator or designees, the SEFSC Director or designees, and all of the persons listed on Tab B, No. 9B with asterisks by their name to the SEDAR pool. (asterisk persons are Dave Nieland, John Gold, Clinton Dokken, Glen Parsons, Andy Landry, John Mareska, Steve Szedlmayer, Russell Nelson, Benny Gallaway, Murdock McAllister) Motion as amended carried with no objection Motion: that the Council appoint to the SEDAR pool: the Gulf Council Executive Director or designees, and all five State Directors or designees. Motion: that the SSC and SEP are not mandatory members of the Stock Assessment Panel or the Review Panel but maybe added at the Council's discretion. file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (13 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

14 Motion: that the full Council will have the final say in who the SEDAR participants will be, however, in the event that a participant can not participate for an unforseen reason then the Council Chair may appoint someone from the SEDAR pool to attend that particular meeting. Motion: to appoint the following people to the Mackerel Review Workshop in April: Will Patterson, Andy Strelcheck, Bob Zales, Billy Gibson, Myron Fischer, Rick Leard. Motion: to approve the persons listed in Tab 9b for the Red Snapper SEDAR Data Workshop. (as follows) Persons Asked to Provide Data Only Jim Cowan (LSU) Dave Nieland (LSU) John Gold (TAMU) Karen Burns (Mote) Clinton Dokken (TAMU CC) Glen Parsons (Ole Miss) Andy Landry (TAMU) John Mareska (ADCNR) Persons Asked to Serve on Data Workshop Panel and Provide Data Chuck Wilson (LSU) Bob Shipp ( USA ) file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (14 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

15 Steve Szedlmayer (Auburn SG) Bob Zales II (AP) Pam Baker (AP) Wayne Werner (AP) Gary Graham (AP) Barbara Dorf (SSC) Wade Griffin (SEP) NGO Providing Data Council Russell Nelson (CCA) Benny Gallaway (TSA) Murdock McAllister (ED/GRN) Bobbi Walker Vernon Minton Stu Kennedy Steve Atran Motion: that the following people participate in the Red Snapper SEDAR assessment Workshop in Miami, FL in August: Nelson Ehrhardt, Andrew Strelcheck, Will Patterson, Bob Muller, Joe Shepard, Russell Nelson, Benny Gallaway, Pam Baker, Mike Thiery, Donald Waters, and Carl Walters. Shrimp file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (15 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

16 Shrimp Amendment 13 Motion: that the MSY alternatives for penaeid shrimp be: Revised Alternative 1 No action-status quo. MSY for the penaeid shrimp stock falls within the range of values defined by the Schaefer surplus production model. MSY for the brown shrimp stock is between MP of tails. MSY for the white shrimp stock is between MP of tails. MSY for the pink shrimp stock is between MP of tails. Revised Alternative 2 MSY for penaeid shrimp stocks falls within the range of values defined by the lowers and highest landings taken annually from the that does not result in recruitment overfishing as defined herein: MSY for the brown shrimp stock is between MP of tails. MSY for the white shrimp stock is between MP of tails. MSY for the pink shrimp stock is between 6-19 MP of tails. Current Alternative 6.A MSY for brown, white, and pink shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico is defined as, "all the shrimp that can be taken during the open seasons in permissible areas in a given fishing year with existing gear and technology without resulting in recruitment overfishing as herein defined." Motion: to adopt the "revised" OY Alternatives 1 through 4 for penaeid shrimp of Tab D, No. 3a: file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (16 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

17 Alternative 1: No action (status quo). OY is defined as all the penaeid shrimp that can be taken during open seasons in permissible areas in a given fishing year with existing gear and technology without resulting in recruitment overfishing. Under optimum environmental conditions and maximum effort-the maximum probable catch of brown shrimp is 132 MP of tails; the maximum probable catch of white shrimp is 64 MP of tails; the maximum probable catch of pink shrimp is 20 MP of tails. Alternative 2: OY for the penaeid shrimp stocks equals MSY. Alternative 3: OY for the penaeid shrimp stocks equals (0.90) MSY. Alternative 4: OY for the penaeid shrimp stocks equals (0.75) MSY. Motion: that Actions 8 (Overfishing Definition), 9 (Overfished Definition), and 10 (Recruitment overfishing and the overfished condition for the following stocks is indicated when parent stock levels are reduced below the levels indicated below for each species) be removed from the options paper for Amendment 13. Motion: that the "revised" alternatives under Tab D, No. 3a for Action 11 be used for analyses: Action 11. Alternatives to Establish a Bycatch Reporting file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (17 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

18 Methodology through the use of Improved Shrimping Effort Data and Best Available Data on Bycatch. Alternative 11.A: Logbooks Option 1: Improve the shrimping effort data by requiring that all federally permitted shrimp vessels complete an effort logbook and submit it to NMFS on a monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly basis that includes: a. The size and number of shrimp trawls deployed for each set b. The time of deployment and the time of retrieval for each set c. The number of sets per trip d. The length/duration of each trip e. The area fished for each set Vessel permits will not be renewed for vessels that do not provide reports under the schedule established by NMFS. Option 2: Same as Option 1, except add: f: type of bycatch taken. Vessel permits will not be renewed for vessels that do not provide reports under the schedule established by NMFS. Option 3: Same as Option 1 or Option 2, except that the list of shrimp vessel permit holders would be used to develop a statistically valid sample of shrimp vessels operating in the EEZ to participate in the program. Option 4: No action to establish logbooks. Other Business file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (18 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

19 Crew Size for Charter Vessels Fishing Commercially Motion: to untable the reef motion regarding inspected vessel crew. Untabled Motion: to allow a vessel with a COI to fish for reef fish under his commercial fishing license with three crew or the minimum number allowed on the COI, whichever is higher. Substitute Motion: A for-hire vessel with a USCG Certificate of Inspection (COI) may fish for reef fish under its commercial fishing license provided: a) That vessel meets, but does not exceed the minimum crewing requirements outlined in its COI when underway over 12-hours or, b) Meets the minimum crewing requirements outlined in its COI when underway under 12-hours and does not exceed a total crew of three. Motion: A for-hire vessel with a USCG Certificate of Inspection (COI) may fish for coastal migratory pelagics under its commercial fishing license provided: a) That vessel meets, but does not exceed the minimum crewing requirements outlined in its COI when underway over 12-hours or, b) Meets the minimum crewing requirements outlined in its COI when underway under 12-hours and does file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (19 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]

20 not exceed a total crew of three. Back to Gulf Council Home Page file:///j /Gulfweb/Beta/GMFMCWeb/motions/motions htm (20 of 20) [2/25/ :40:24 AM]