[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57438-57439]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27768]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101899A]


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 November 8-12, 1999.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Caribe Royale Resort 
Suites, 14300 International Drive, Orlando, FL; telephone: 407-238-
8000.
    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:

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Council

November 10

     1:30 p.m.--Convene.
    1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.--Appointment of Council Committees.
    2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive public testimony on the Red Snapper 
total allowable catch (TAC) and Red Grouper TAC.

November 11

    8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee 
Report.
    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Receive the Habitat Protection Committee 
Report.
    2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.--Receive the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committee Report.
    2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.--Receive the Joint Vessel Monitoring Systems 
(VMS)/Law Enforcement Committee Report.
    3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.--Receive the Red Drum Management Committee 
Report.
     4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Receive the Administrative Policy Committee 
Report.

November 12, 1999

     8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.--Receive the Joint Marine Reserves/Reef Fish 
Management Committee Report.
    8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee 
Report.
    9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Receive the Mackerel Management Committee 
Report.
    10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council Liaison Report.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Receive the International Commission for 
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee Report.
    11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
    11:45 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.--Other Business.

Committees

November 8

    8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Convene the Habitat Protection Committee to 
consider revisions to the Council habitat protection policy and the 
recommendations of the three Habitat Protection Advisory Panels (APs).
    11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Convene the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committees to approve the Draft Charter Vessel/Headboat 
Permit Moratorium Amendment for public hearings.
    1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.--Convene the Joint VMS/Law Enforcement 
Committees and the Law Enforcement AP to review the level of fishery 
violations in the Gulf and consider the recommendations of the AP for 
regulatory actions.
    4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Red Drum Management Committee to 
hear the Red Drum Stock Assessment Panel (SAP) report on the condition 
of the red drum stock and to consider the recommendations of the Red 
Drum AP, and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

November 9

    8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Convene the Reef 
Fish Management Committee to hear the Reef Fish SAP Report, consider 
the recommendations of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP), APs, and SSC and 
develop recommendations to the Council on red snapper and red grouper 
TAC. The full Council will take final action on those recommendations 
on Thursday morning, November 11. The Reef Fish Management Committee 
will also consider management recommendations of a panel of red snapper 
stakeholders convened by NMFS.
    3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Joint Marine Reserves/Reef Fish 
Management Committees to consider whether to take action to develop an 
amendment that would include a proposal for a marine reserve near the 
Florida Keys.

November 10

    8:00 a.m - 9:00 a.m.--Convene the Administrative Policy Committee 
to develop a policy on the handling and distribution of written public 
comment and on review of stock assessments.
    9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to 
hear a summary of the recommendations of stakeholders from a Bycatch 
Reduction Device (BRD) Workshop convened by NMFS.
    9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee 
to to select management alternatives for a Dolphin/Wahoo Draft Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) that will be presented at public hearings next 
year.
    A copy of the Committee schedule and agenda can be obtained by 
calling (813) 228-2815.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the agenda may come 
before the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 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 
this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice 
that require emergency action under section 305 (c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public 
has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to 
address the emergency.

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 November 1, 1999.

    Dated: October 19, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-27768 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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