[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 233 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68086-68087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31554]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112699C]


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 (Council) will 
convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on January 18-21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Ramada Plaza Beach 
Resort, 1500 Miracle Strip Parkway, SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL; 
telephone: 850-243-9161.
    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

January 20

     8:00 a.m.--Convene.
    8:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.--Receive public testimony on the Texas shrimp 
closure and the Draft Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit 
Moratorium.
     3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Joint Reef Fish/
Mackerel Committees, consider report recommendations, and take final 
action, as appropriate.

January 21

    8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.--Receive the Shrimp Management Committee 
Report, consider report recommendations, and take final action, as 
appropriate.
    9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Receive the Mackerel Management Committee 
Report.
    9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Receive the Ad Hoc Sustainable Fisheries 
Management Committee Report.
    10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.--Receive the Data Collection Committee 
Report.
     10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Receive the Habitat Protection Committee 
Report.
    10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council Liaison Report.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    11:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
    11:50 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.--Other Business.

Committees

January 18

    9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to 
hear a NMFS presentation and make recommendations regarding the Texas 
shrimp closure. They will also consider an Options Paper for Shrimp

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Amendment 10 which addresses reduction of trawl bycatch in the eastern 
Gulf.
    1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.--Convene the Ad Hoc Sustainable Fisheries 
Committee to review NMFS' partial disapproval of the Sustainable 
Fisheries Act Amendment and develop recommendations.
     4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Data Collection Committee to 
hear a presentation by the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission 
(GSMFC) on the Charter Vessel Pilot Study and develop recommendations.

January 19

    8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.--Convene the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committees to review public hearing summaries and consider 
recommendations of the AP, Socioeconomic Panel (SEP), and SSC regarding 
the Draft Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium.
    1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Convene the Habitat Protection Committee to 
hear a NMFS presentation on the Fenholloway River Pollution Discharge 
and develop recommendations.
    2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee to 
review a draft of the Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery Management Plan that has 
been prepared by the South Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean Fishery 
Management Councils and consider the recommendations of the Advisory 
Panel (AP), and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
    The committees will then develop recommendations for final action 
by the Council. The full Council will take final action on those 
recommendations on Thursday afternoon, January 20.
    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 Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
    A copy of the Committee schedule and agenda can be obtained by 
calling (813) 228-2815.

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 January 10, 2000.

    Dated: November 30, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-31554 Filed 12-3-99; 8:45 am]
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