1.	INTRODUCTION
	1.1.	Council Priorities
	1.2.	Scoping Activities
	1.3.	Research Support Activities
2.	COUNCIL PRIORITIES
	2.1.	Research Inventory
		2.1.1.	1997 Inventory
		2.1.2.	1998 Inventory
		2.1.3.	1999 Inventory
	2.2.	Modeling Summits
		2.2.1.	SOLEC'98
		2.2.2.	IAGLR'99
	2.3	Communication of Research Needs, Gaps, and Priorities
	2.4.	Biodiversity and Habitat
		2.4.1.	Scoping of the Biodiversity and Habitat Priority
		2.4.2.	Survey of Biodiversity and Habitat Goals in the Great Lakes
3.	SCOPING ACTIVITIES
	3.1.	Sediment Priority
	3.2.	Indicators Implementation
	3.3.	Lake Erie
	3.4.	Great Lakes Commercial Aquaculture
	3.5.	Review of Progress of Governments in the Control and Management of Persistent Toxic Substances and Endocrine Disruptors
		3.5.1.	Persistent Toxic Substances (PTSs)
		3.5.2.	Endocrine Disruptors
	3.6.	RAP and LaMP Research Needs
4.	RESEARCH SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
	4.1.	Research Vessel Coordination
	4.2.	Joint Initiatives With IAGLR
5.	CONCLUSIONS