Saving Seafood

Reminder! June 2026 Council Meeting in Florida (June 8th-12th)

May 28, 2026 — The following was released by the The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council:

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold its June Council meeting from June 8-12, 2026, at the World Golf Village Renaissance St. Augustine Resort in St. Augustine, Florida.

The week will begin with a closed session during which the Council will appoint advisors and select the 2025 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year. Following various updates and reports during the Full Council Session I, the Snapper Grouper Committee will address commercial permitting and trip efficiency measures, headboat vessel limits, fishery management unit revisions, and other topics. The Dolphin Wahoo Committee will then discuss the Dolphin Management Strategy Evaluation and Regulatory Amendment 3. Lastly, the Outreach and Communications Committee will consider outreach and communication goals and review the Return ’Em Right (RER) expansion to the South Atlantic.

A public comment session will be held on Wednesday, June 10, beginning at 4 p.m. Individuals wishing to provide comments may attend the meeting in person, provide verbal comments virtually via webinar, or provide written comments online (comment period is from May 22 through June 12). Meeting materials, the full agenda, and webinar registration are available on the Council’s website.

Recruitment Announcement: Citizen Science Project Coordinator

March 28, 2022 — The following was released by The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council:

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is seeking a Citizen Science Project Coordinator that will support the Council’s Citizen Science Program and help coordinate individual citizen science projects. The Council, headquartered in North Charleston, SC, is responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the federal 200-mile limit of the Atlantic off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and east Florida to Key West. The Council’s Citizen Science Program aims to work with fishermen and scientists to facilitate and support the development of projects to address Council-specific research needs.

The Citizen Science Project Coordinator is a full-time, time-limited contract position that will work closely with the Citizen Science Program Manager. The position will primarily focus on coordinating the SAFMC Release project and the continued development of the SciFish customizable citizen science mobile application. The SAFMC Release project works with commercial, recreational, and for-hire fishermen to collect information on released fish via a mobile app. SciFish is being developed to serve as an umbrella mobile application that would support data collection for different fishery-related citizen science projects developed by partners along the Atlantic coast.

See the complete recruitment announcement available from the Council’s website for additional information and application instructions. Applications must be received by April 20, 2022.