[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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