[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57438-57439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27768]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101899A]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene
public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on November 8-12, 1999.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Caribe Royale Resort
Suites, 14300 International Drive, Orlando, FL; telephone: 407-238-
8000.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Council
November 10
1:30 p.m.--Convene.
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.--Appointment of Council Committees.
2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive public testimony on the Red Snapper
total allowable catch (TAC) and Red Grouper TAC.
November 11
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee
Report.
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Receive the Habitat Protection Committee
Report.
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.--Receive the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel
Management Committee Report.
2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.--Receive the Joint Vessel Monitoring Systems
(VMS)/Law Enforcement Committee Report.
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.--Receive the Red Drum Management Committee
Report.
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Receive the Administrative Policy Committee
Report.
November 12, 1999
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.--Receive the Joint Marine Reserves/Reef Fish
Management Committee Report.
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee
Report.
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Receive the Mackerel Management Committee
Report.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council Liaison Report.
10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Receive the International Commission for
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee Report.
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
11:45 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.--Other Business.
Committees
November 8
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Convene the Habitat Protection Committee to
consider revisions to the Council habitat protection policy and the
recommendations of the three Habitat Protection Advisory Panels (APs).
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Convene the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel
Management Committees to approve the Draft Charter Vessel/Headboat
Permit Moratorium Amendment for public hearings.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.--Convene the Joint VMS/Law Enforcement
Committees and the Law Enforcement AP to review the level of fishery
violations in the Gulf and consider the recommendations of the AP for
regulatory actions.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Red Drum Management Committee to
hear the Red Drum Stock Assessment Panel (SAP) report on the condition
of the red drum stock and to consider the recommendations of the Red
Drum AP, and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
November 9
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Convene the Reef
Fish Management Committee to hear the Reef Fish SAP Report, consider
the recommendations of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP), APs, and SSC and
develop recommendations to the Council on red snapper and red grouper
TAC. The full Council will take final action on those recommendations
on Thursday morning, November 11. The Reef Fish Management Committee
will also consider management recommendations of a panel of red snapper
stakeholders convened by NMFS.
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Joint Marine Reserves/Reef Fish
Management Committees to consider whether to take action to develop an
amendment that would include a proposal for a marine reserve near the
Florida Keys.
November 10
8:00 a.m - 9:00 a.m.--Convene the Administrative Policy Committee
to develop a policy on the handling and distribution of written public
comment and on review of stock assessments.
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to
hear a summary of the recommendations of stakeholders from a Bycatch
Reduction Device (BRD) Workshop convened by NMFS.
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee
to to select management alternatives for a Dolphin/Wahoo Draft Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) that will be presented at public hearings next
year.
A copy of the Committee schedule and agenda can be obtained by
calling (813) 228-2815.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the agenda may come
before the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not
be the subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in
this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under section 305 (c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to
address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) by November 1, 1999.
Dated: October 19, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-27768 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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