2015 Advisory Council Meeting Materials

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This page contains archived agendas, minutes and other materials for 2015 Sanctuary Advisory Council meetings.

• February 17, 2015

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  Islander Resort and Conference Center
  82100 Overseas Highway
  Mile Marker 82.1 Oceanside
  Islamorada, FL 33036
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (17 kb)
      Final Minutes (162 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

     Agency Permitting and Oversight Roles and Responsibilities for Artificial Habitats:

      Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (1,404 kb)
      Florida Department of Environmental Protection (1,014 kb)
      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (3,168 kb)
      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (621 kb)
  

     Artificial Habitat Permittee Experience:

      Monroe County (4,219 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting February 2015 Summary (21 kb)

• April 21, 2015

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  The Westin Key West Resort and Marina
  245 Front Street
  Key West, FL 33040
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (17 kb)
      Final Minutes (127 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

     Marine Zoning and Regulatory Review Updates
  

      Alternatives Development Process (481 kb)
      Artificial Habitat Working Group Update and Next Steps (426 kb)
  

     Scientific Presentation
      Long-term drivers of Caribbean coral reef degradation and their implications for management. Jeremy Jackson, PhD. (2,949 kb)

     City of Key West Request for Voting Seat
       City of Key West Letter Requesting Voting Seat (104 kb)
     FKNMS Water Quality Protection Program Update (WQPP)
      FKNMS WQPP Update on March 2015 Steering Committee Meeting (102 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary
      SAC Meeting April 2015 Summary (18 kb)
  

   

  Meeting Video
      FKNMS SAC Meeting 21 April 15

• June 16, 2015

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (17 kb)
      Final Minutes (17 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

     Agency Presentations
  

      Considerations in Management within National Wildlife Refuges (2,437 kb)
      U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West Marine Event Management (948 kb)

     Scientific Presentations
  

      South Florida Reef Visual Census (3,239 kb)
      Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (4,080 kb)
      Florida Reef Resilience Program  (3,080 kb)
      Physiology of Corals and Their Zooxanthallae (3,215 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary
  

      SAC Meeting 16 June 15 Summary (22 kb)

   

  Meeting Video
      FKNMS Advisory Council Meeting June 16, 2015

• August 18, 2015

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (17 kb)

      Final Minutes(16 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

     Scientific Presentations
      Tortugas Ecological Reserves Characterization (19,453 kb)
      Pulley Ridge and West Tortugas Characterization (8,978 kb)
      Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Socioeconomic Monitoring (1,236 kb)

     Agency and Working Group Presentations

      Biscayne National Park Management Plan (3,620 kb)
      Artificial Habitat Workshop Outcomes (443 kb)

     Written Public Comments Received

      General public comments received at the meeting (283 kb)
      Artificial habitat written comment received at the meeting (159 kb)
      Concentrated uses public comments received via email (before and after meeting) (3,969 kb)
      Concentrated uses public comments received at the meeting (974 kb)

   

  Actions
  

      Resolution Advancing the Artificial Habitat Working Group Recommendations for Consideration in an Updated Sanctuary Management Plan (107 kb)
      Resolution Addressing Challenges and Issues of 'Concentrated Uses' and 'Marine Events' (117 kb)
      Resolution to Include the City of Key West and Other Monroe County Municipalities on the Advisory Council (80 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting 18 August 15 Summary (61 kb)

   

  Meeting Video
      FKNMS Advisory Council Meeting August 18, 2015

• October 20, 2015

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (16 kb)

      Final Minutes (109 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

      Coral Reef Ecosystem Restoration: Cheeca Rocks (4.836 kb)

      Everglades National Park Management Plan (1,556 kb)

      Office of National Marine Sanctuary Southeast Region Report (3,914 kb)

      Marine Zoning Decision Support Framework (1,317 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting 20 Oct 2015 Summary(51 kb)

   

  Meeting Video
      FKNMS Advisory Council Meeting October 20, 2015

   

• December 8, 2015

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (16 kb)

      Final Minutes (94 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

      NOAA National Recreational Fishing Strategic Plan (993 kb)

      Florida Bay Seagrass Die-off (2,287 kb)

      Water Quality Monitoring in South Florida (6,512 kb)

      Water Quality Protection Program -- Canal Demonstration Projects (6,512 kb)

   

  Actions
  

      Resolution on the Ecological Conditions and Restoration Needs of Everglades National Park and Florida Bay (96 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting 8 Dec 2015 Summary(28 kb)

   

  Meeting Video
      FKNMS Advisory Council Meeting October 20, 2015