[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67251-67252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31204]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112299A]


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 meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene 
public meetings of the Dolphin and Wahoo Advisory Panel (AP) and 
Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).

DATES: The AP meetings will be held January 5, 2000, and the SSC 
meeting will be held January 12, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held in Kenner and New Orleans, 
Louisiana. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific locations.
     Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, Florida, 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 
301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, Florida, 33619; telephone 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

    The AP meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on January 5, 
2000, and will conclude by 4:00 p.m. The AP meeting will be held at the 
at the New Orleans Airport Hilton Hotel, 901 Airline Highway, Kenner, 
Louisiana; telephone 504-469-5000. The Dolphin Wahoo AP will convene to 
review a ``Draft Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin, Coryphaena 
hippurus, and Wahoo, Acanthocybium solandri, Fishery in the

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Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico'' (Dolphin/Wahoo FMP) that has 
been prepared by the South Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean fishery 
management councils. The first 10 actions, with options, of the 
Dolphin/Wahoo FMP contain measures that are applicable to the dolphin 
and wahoo stocks in the jurisdictions of all three councils. These 
include measures to: define the management units; address dealer, 
vessel, and operator permits; consider data reporting requirements; 
identify estimates of maximum sustainable yield, optimum yield, and 
overfishing criteria; and framework options to enable seasonal 
adjustments to the management structure. Other actions, with options, 
are separately applicable to each council's area of jurisdiction, and 
include actions that may be implemented through the framework 
procedures, e.g. minimum size limits, bag limits, trip limits, and 
allocations. Based on this review, the Dolphin and Wahoo AP may make 
recommendations to the Council of preferred actions.
    The SSC meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on January 12, 
2000, and will conclude by 5:00 p.m. The SSC meeting will be held at 
the Doubletree Hotel, 300 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana; 
telephone 504-581-1300. The SSC will convene to review the same 
information and formulate their recommendations based on a scientific 
perspective. Copies of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-
2815.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in these agendas may 
come before the AP/SSC for discussion, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal AP/SSC action during these meetings. Action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically listed 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

    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 
December 29, 1999.

    Dated: November 26, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-31204 Filed 11-30-99; 8:45 am]
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