[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29838-29839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14073]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052699C]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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 its Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) Monday, June 21,
1999 beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern daylight time (EDT) and Scientific
and Statistical Committee (SSC) Tuesday, June 22, 1999 beginning at
10:00 a.m. EDT via conference call to review Draft Amendment 12 to the
Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The amendment
contains provisions for extending the commercial king mackerel permit
moratorium from its current expiration date of October 15, 2000, by
three or five years in order to provide time for the Gulf and South
Atlantic Councils to develop and implement a controlled access system
for the king mackerel fishery.
The Reef Fish AP will be convened via conference call at 10:00 a.m.
EDT on Monday, June 21, 1999 and will conclude by 2:00 p.m. to review
Draft Amendment 17 to the Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish
Resources. The SSC will also review this amendment during their
conference call on Tuesday, June 22, 1999. Draft Amendment 17 contains
provisions for extending the commercial reef fish permit moratorium
from its current expiration date of December 31, 2000 by three, four or
five years in order to provide time for the Gulf Council to develop and
implement a controlled access system for the reef fish fishery.
ADDRESSES: A listening phone will be located at each of the following
locations: NMFS Pascagoula Laboratory, 3209 Fredrick Street,
Pascagoula, MS; telephone: 228-762-4591; and NMFS Galveston Laboratory,
4700 Avenue U, Galveston, TX; telephone: 409-766-3500. Persons who
visit one of NMFS' laboratories to listen to the Mackerel AP and/or SSC
sessions will be allowed to testify on the moratorium issue, when
recognized by the meeting Chairman.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Senior Fishery
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway
301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
the Panels for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
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Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by
June 14, 1999.
Dated: May 27, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-14073 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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