Gulf Council Update to Convene its Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter For-hire Advisory Panel

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter For-hire Advisory Panel will meet Wednesday, May 13, 2015, from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm at the Council office in Tampa, Florida.

The Panel will review information relevant to the charter-for-hire component of the reef fish fishery and discuss management approaches for that component.

The Ad Hoc Panel will also make recommendations relative to the design and implementation of flexible measures for the management of red snapper for the for-hire fleet, which will be presented to the Council during its June meeting in Key West, Florida.

A copy of the full agenda will be posted on the Council’s FTP server athttps://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi. The username and password are both “gulfguest”. Click on the “Library Folder” and scroll down to “Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat”.

The meeting will be webcast over the internet. A link to the webcast will be available on the Council’s website http://gulfcouncil.org/council_meetings/Webinars.php.