[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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