[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68086-68087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31554]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112699C]
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 (Council) will
convene public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on January 18-21, 2000.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Ramada Plaza Beach
Resort, 1500 Miracle Strip Parkway, SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL;
telephone: 850-243-9161.
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:
Council
January 20
8:00 a.m.--Convene.
8:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.--Receive public testimony on the Texas shrimp
closure and the Draft Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit
Moratorium.
3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Joint Reef Fish/
Mackerel Committees, consider report recommendations, and take final
action, as appropriate.
January 21
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee
Report, consider report recommendations, and take final action, as
appropriate.
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Receive the Mackerel Management Committee
Report.
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Receive the Ad Hoc Sustainable Fisheries
Management Committee Report.
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.--Receive the Data Collection Committee
Report.
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Receive the Habitat Protection Committee
Report.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council Liaison Report.
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
11:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
11:50 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.--Other Business.
Committees
January 18
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to
hear a NMFS presentation and make recommendations regarding the Texas
shrimp closure. They will also consider an Options Paper for Shrimp
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Amendment 10 which addresses reduction of trawl bycatch in the eastern
Gulf.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.--Convene the Ad Hoc Sustainable Fisheries
Committee to review NMFS' partial disapproval of the Sustainable
Fisheries Act Amendment and develop recommendations.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Data Collection Committee to
hear a presentation by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
(GSMFC) on the Charter Vessel Pilot Study and develop recommendations.
January 19
8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.--Convene the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel
Management Committees to review public hearing summaries and consider
recommendations of the AP, Socioeconomic Panel (SEP), and SSC regarding
the Draft Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium.
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Convene the Habitat Protection Committee to
hear a NMFS presentation on the Fenholloway River Pollution Discharge
and develop recommendations.
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee to
review a draft of the Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management Plan that has
been prepared by the South Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and consider the recommendations of the Advisory
Panel (AP), and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
The committees will then develop recommendations for final action
by the Council. The full Council will take final action on those
recommendations on Thursday afternoon, January 20.
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 Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
A copy of the Committee schedule and agenda can be obtained by
calling (813) 228-2815.
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 January 10, 2000.
Dated: November 30, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-31554 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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