The Gulf Council will meet at the Council Office, in Tampa, Florida located at 4107 W Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, Florida on June 3 – 4, 2025. The meeting will convene each day at 8:30 AM, EDT and is scheduled to adjourn at 3:15 PM, EDT on June 4, 2025. As always, the public is encouraged to participate and is welcome in-person and virtually. Public comment will be held from 10:25 a.m. EDT – 12:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. In-person attendees can sign-up to provide comment when they arrive. Instructions on providing virtual comment are located on the meetings materials webpage.

During this meeting, the Council plans to take final action on two documents:

Modifications to Shallow-Water Grouper Complex Management Measures

First, the Council will consider a framework action to reduce the shallow-water grouper complex catch limits and recreational season. This framework is being developed to prevent overfishing of scamp and yellowmouth grouper while the Council works on an Amendment (Reef Fish 58A). More information on proposed changes in the framework, including links to provide written comment, can be found here.

Spanish Mackerel Catch Limits and Accountability Measures

Second, the Council will consider a framework amendment to reduce catch limits and modify accountability measures for Spanish mackerel. This framework is being developed in response to a stock assessment and resulting recommendations from the Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee. More information on proposed changes, including links to provide written comment, can be found here.

During this meeting the Council also plans to continue work on an amendment addressing the Deep-Water Grouper Complex management in preparation of holding public hearings. It will also hear an update on a requested emergency rule that aims to fast-track red grouper catch limit increases for this year and begin discussing the amendment on red grouper that will follow. The Council will review the Ecosystem Technical Committee’s recommendations, including feedback on its Fishery Ecosystem Plan and the initial work and recommendations on the Red Tide pilot Fishery Ecosystem Issue. The Council will also discuss the Executive Order on Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness.

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Full Committee and Council Agendas and meeting materials will be posted as they become available on the Council Meetings webpage.

About The Gulf Council

The Gulf 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 America.