Advisory Council Meetings, Announcements and Actions

Find dates, locations, agendas, minutes and other materials for this year's Sanctuary Advisory Council meetings.

Meeting Archives:  2016 |2015 | 2014 and earlier

Sanctuary Advisory Council meetings are normally held on the third Tuesday of every other month (February, April, June, August, and October). The Council also meets on the second Tuesday of December.

Meetings are open to the public and you are invited to attend and provide comments.

2017 Meetings

• February 21, 2017

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  City of Marathon Council Chambers
  9805 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (16 kb)
      Final Minutes (150 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

      Status and Trends in the Florida Keys – Fish Communities (4 MB)
      Status and Trends in the Florida Keys – Benthic Communities (7 MB)
      Florida Keys Shallow Water Boating Impact Analysis and Trends Assessment (2 MB)
      Joint Enforcement in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory (734 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting Summary - February 2017 (238 kb)

   

  Meeting Video

      FKNMS SAC Meeting 21 Feb 2017

• April 18, 2017

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (18 kb)
  

      Final Minutes (136 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

      Outcomes and Recommendations from Advisory Council Recreational Charter Fishing Working Group Status and Trends in the Florida Keys (1.2 MB)
      Review of Advisory Council Recommendation: Derelict and Abandoned Vessels & Towing and Salvage Operations (185 kb)
      Derelict and Abandoned Vessels & Towing and Salvage Operations – Issue Overview (6.5 MB)
      Derelict and Abandoned Vessels: Monroe County Use of Boating Improvement Funds (3.6 MB)
      Multi-Partner Derelict Vessel Removal Effort in the Marquesas Keys (2.1 MB)
      NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program Update (4 MB)

   

  Actions

      Resolution of the FKNMS SAC Advancing the Recreational-Charter Fishing Working Group Recommendations to NOAA (18 kb)
  

      Resolution of the FKNMS SAC recommending the incorporation and use of the updated FKNMS Boating Impact Maps(2017) into the Draft EIS on sanctuary and backcountry management plan regulations (46 kb)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting Summary - April 2017 (23 kb)

• June 20, 2017

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Final Agenda (22 kb)

   

  Materials and Presentations

      FKNMS History, Condition Report & Marine Zoning & Regulatory Review Update (1.3 MB)

      Everglades Restoration and the Health of Our Coastal Waters (2 MB)

   

  Meeting Summary

      SAC Meeting Summary - August 2016 (21 kb)

   

  Meeting Video

      FKNMS SAC Meeting 20 Jun 2017

• August 15, 2017

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  Hyatt Place
  1996 Overseas Highway
  Marathon, FL 33050
   
  

  Agenda and Minutes

      Draft Agenda (25 kb)
  

• October 17, 2017

• December 12, 2017