[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34780-34781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16522]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062199E]


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 July 12-15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Pier House, One Duval 
Street, Key West, FL; telephone: 305-296-4600.
    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

July 14, 1999

     1:00 p.m.--Convene.
    1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Receive public testimony on Mackerel 
Amendment 12, Reef Fish Amendment 17, and the Gag Regulatory Amendment.
    5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--(Closed Session) Receive the AP Selection 
Committee report and the Marine Reserves Committee Report.

July 15, 1999

    8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee 
Report.
    1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.--Receive the Mackerel Management Committee 
Report.
    1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee 
Report.
    1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.--Receive the Law Enforcement Committee 
Report.
    2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.--Receive the Administrative Policy Committee 
Report.
    2:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.--Receive the Data Collection Committee 
Report.

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    2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.--Receive the Council Chairman's Meeting 
Report.
    3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.--Receive the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council Liaison Report.
    3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
    3:45 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.--Other Business.

Committees

July 12, 1999

    9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--(Closed Session) Convene the Advisory Panel 
Selection Committee to select members for an advisory panel.
    10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--(Closed Session) Convene the Marine 
Reserves Committee to potentially approve a contractual agreement for a 
facilitator.
    11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Marine Reserves Committee to 
hear a report of the Tortugas 2000 working group that was charged with 
developing plans for marine reserves in the Florida Keys National 
Marine Sanctuary.
    1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Law Enforcement Committee to 
hear reports on enforcement and non-compliance issues related to the 
red snapper fishery, the Tortugas Shrimp Sanctuary, the Southwest 
Florida seasonal shrimp closure, the Florida Middle Grounds Habitat 
Area of Particular Concern (HAPC), the Eastern Gulf long-line closed 
area, and implementation of Reef Fish Amendment 16A.

July 13, 1999

    8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee 
to develop its recommendations to the Council on Reef Fish Amendment 17 
and the Gag Regulatory Amendment. The Committee will also determine 
whether to recommend that Council staff begin development of a 
resubmission document to readdress the portion of Reef Fish Amendment 
16A that was disapproved by NMFS. That portion would have phased out 
the fish trap fishery in the Florida Keys by February 7, 2001. The 
Committee will also hear a report projecting when the 1999 recreational 
red snapper season will be closed, and hear updates on the pending 
approval of the regulatory amendment and emergency rules for red 
snapper.
    2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Council members will take a field trip on a 
U.S. Coast Guard cutter to examine enforcement procedures.

July 14, 1999

    8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee to 
develop its recommendations to the Council on Mackerel Amendment 12.
    9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee will 
hear a NMFS report on the Tortugas Shrimp fishery and annual reports 
assessing the status of the shrimp stocks. The Committee will also 
discuss workshop(s) to assess the impacts of shrimp trawl bycatch in 
the eastern Gulf, which will be held in late Summer or Fall.
    10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Convene the Data Collection Committee to 
hear a report on the pilot study on recreational data collection via 
MRFSS vs. Logbooks.
    11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Administrative Policy 
Committee to discuss reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    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 July 2, 1999.

    Dated: June 23, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-16522 Filed 6-28-99; 8:45 am]
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