[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47770-47771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22670]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082399E]


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 September 13-16, 1999.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Gulf State Park Resort 
Hotel, 21250 East Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, AL; telephone: 334-948-
4853.
    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
    September 14
     8:30 a.m.--Convene.
    8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Receive public testimony on the Shrimp 
Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Certification Standard.
    9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee 
Report.
    10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Receive the Mackerel Management Committee 
Report.
    1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.--Receive the Budget Committee Report.
    1:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.--Receive the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committee Report.
    3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.--Receive the Ad Hoc Marine Reserves Committee 
Report.
     4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.--(Closed Session) Receive the Advisory Panel 
(AP) Selection Committee report and the Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) Selection Committee Report.
    Thursday, September 16
     8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.--Receive the AP Selection Committee report 
and the SSC Selection Committee Report.
    8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.--Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee 
Report.
    9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.--Receive the Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring System 
(VMS) Committee Report.
    10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive the International Commission for 
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Advisory Committee Report.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Receive the NMFS Highly Migratory Species/
Billfish APs Report.
     11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
    11:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m.--Other Business.
    11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman.
    September 13
    10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--(Closed Session) Convene the AP Selection 
Committee to select members for a Dolphin/Wahoo AP.
    11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--(Closed Session) Convene the SSC Selection 
Committee to select members for a special Dolphin/Wahoo SSC.
    1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.--Convene the Budget Committee to hear a 
status report on the CY 1999 budget and develop its recommendations to 
the Council on the CY 2000 budget.
    2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to 
hear recommendations from the BRD Evaluation AP and develop 
recommendations to the Council.
    3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee to 
review an options paper for a joint Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) between the Gulf, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 
Management Councils.
    September 14
    8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Convene the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committees to review a preliminary options paper on a 
charter vessel permit moratorium and develop recommendations to the 
Council.
    10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Convene the Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring 
System Committee to consider a Law Enforcement Committee recommendation 
that certain vessels be required to have VMS.

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    1:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m.--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee to 
hear a status report on the red snapper regulatory amendment, NMFS 
recommendation for management of the red snapper recreational fishery, 
a report on a NMFS red snapper stakeholders meetings, and select stocks 
for which assessments will be completed in 2000.
    3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Ad Hoc Marine Reserves Committee 
to hear a summary of the marine reserves workshops and develop 
recommendations for future Council actions regarding marine reserves.
    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 September 3, 1999.

    Dated: August 25, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-22670 Filed 8-31-99; 8:45 am]
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