[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43356-43357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20534]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080399F]
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 the Special Ad Hoc Bycatch Reduction Devise Advisory
Panel (SBAP).
DATES: The SBAP meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday,
August 26, 1999, and adjourn at 3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the at the New Orleans Airport
Hilton Hotel, 901 Airline Highway, Kenner, LA; telephone: 504-469-5000.
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, at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.
Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-
2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SBAP will convene to review the bycatch
reduction criterion for red snapper that was established for bycatch
reduction devices (BRDs) in ``Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management
Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Waters with
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact Review,
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, and Social Impact
Assessment.'' The current criterion of 44 percent was the minimum
reduction in fishing mortality for age 0 and age 1 red snapper from the
average level of fishing mortality during the 1984-89 period. Amendment
9 established a framework procedure for modifying this criterion, if
needed, and included a review with recommendations from a SBAP.
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Copies of the agendas can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the SBAP 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 will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in the agendas listed as available
by this notice.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is 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
August 19, 1999.
Dated: August 4, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-20534 Filed 8-9-99; 8:45 am]
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