[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 59283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29429]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102798B]


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 (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of the Mississippi/Louisiana Habitat 
Protection Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 
1998 and conclude by 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza New Orleans, 
333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-525-9444.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Rester, Gulf States Marine 
Fisheries Commission; telephone: 228-875-5912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Louisiana/Mississippi group is part of a 
three unit Habitat Protection AP of the Council. The principal role of 
the APs is to assist the Council in attempting to maintain optimum 
conditions within the habitat and ecosystems supporting the marine 
resources of the Gulf of Mexico. APs serve as a first alert system to 
call to the Council's attention proposed projects being developed and 
other activities which may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries 
and their supporting ecosystems. The APs may also provide advice to the 
Council on its policies and procedures for addressing environmental 
affairs.
    At this meeting, the AP will tentatively discuss updates on the 
Caminada Cove project, the navigation canal between the Gulf 
Intercoastal Waterway and the Barataria Bay Waterway, port activity 
around Port Fourchon, LA, the Eden Isles project, the Big Island 
Restoration Project, and a presentation on the Destination Broadwater 
Casino project.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the AP for 
discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal action during this meeting. The AP's actions will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in the agenda 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 
November 10, 1998.

    Dated: October 28, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-29429 Filed 11-2-98; 8:45 am]
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