[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29719]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 110899A]
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 a
public meeting of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).
DATES: A meeting of the SEP will be held beginning at 1:00 p.m. on
Thursday, December 2, and will conclude by 12:00 p.m. on Friday
December 3, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel,
2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607; telephone 813-877-6688.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North,
Suite 1000, Tampa, Florida 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP will convene to review Draft
Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium. This plan
amendment proposes to impose a moratorium on the issuance of new
permits for reef fish and coastal pelagics charter vessels/headboats.
The SEP will prepare a report containing its conclusions and
recommendations on the plan amendment. This report will be presented
for review to the Council's Standing Scientific and Statistical
Committee and Ad Hoc Charter Vessel Advisory Panel at meetings to be
held in early January 2000. The SEP report will also be presented to
the Council at its meeting on January 17-20, 2000 in Fort Walton Beach,
Florida.
Composing the SEP membership are economists, sociologists, and
anthropologists from various universities and state fishery agencies
throughout the Gulf. They advise the Council on the social and economic
implications of certain fishery management measures.
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come before
the SEP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during these meetings. Actions of the SEP will be
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agendas and
any issues arising after publication of this notice that require
emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take
action to address the emergency.
The meeting is open to the public and is physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or
other auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office by
November 26, 1999.
Dated: November 8, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-29719 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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