[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57100-57101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28598]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101698H]
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 9-12, 1998.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Galveston Island Hilton
Resort, 5222 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, TX; telephone: 1-800-475-
3386.
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
November 11, 1998
8:30 a.m.--Convene.
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.--Receive public testimony on red snapper
total allowable catch (TAC).
3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee
Report.
November 12, 1998
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee
Report.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Receive the Joint Reef Fish/Shrimp
Committee Report.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Receive Sustainable Fisheries Committee
Report.
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Receive the Migratory Species Committee
Report.
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive the Personnel Committee Report.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.--Receive the International Commission for
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee Meeting Report.
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Receive the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (SAFMC) Liaison Report.
12:00 noon - 12:15 p.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
12:45 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.--Other business.
November 9, 1998
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Orientation session for new Council
members.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee
to review the stock assessment update for red snapper and the
recommendations of the Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP),
Socioeconomic Panel, Red Snapper Advisory Panel (RSAP), and the
Scientific and Statistical Committee. The committee will develop their
recommendations to the Council on TAC for red snapper and possibly
other regulatory measures included in the framework procedure of the
Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), as amended. The
recommendations of the Reef Fish Committee will be considered by the
Council on Wednesday, November 11, 1998, following public testimony.
November 10, 1998
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Convene a joint meeting of the Reef Fish
and Shrimp Management Committees to review a report entitled ``An
Alternative View Regarding Appropriate SPR Threshold and Targets for
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper.'' The Committee will also consider comments
on the report by the RFSAP and critiques by other peer reviewers.
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to
review a protocol for certifying additional bycatch reduction devices
(BRDs) developed by NMFS. NMFS will also provide the Committee with an
update of the BRD evaluation study and a status report of the
certification of the
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Parker turtle excluder device. A draft of a scoping document for
Amendment 10 to the Shrimp FMP will also be reviewed.
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Personnel Committee to review
staff health benefits.
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Convene the Migratory Species Committee to
review a newly completed draft of the Highly Migratory Species FMP that
addresses the current commercial and recreational fisheries for tuna,
swordfish, and sharks. The Committee will also discuss an amendment to
the Billfish FMP which includes Atlantic blue and white marlin, Western
Atlantic sailfish, and longbill spearfish.
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Sustainable Fisheries Committee
to review the Generic Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) Amendment that
contains, among other provisions, alternatives for specifying maximum
sustainable yield, optimum yield, overfishing and overfished
definitions, and rebuilding periods for overfished stocks. The Generic
SFA Amendment includes all stocks currently under management by the
Council, including jointly managed species and, as such, the Committee
will also consider approval of the SFA amendment of the SAFMC.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation 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 the agenda listed in this
notice.
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 2, 1998.
Dated: October 20, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-28598 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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