[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3286]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020400A]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 a 
public meeting of the Ad Hoc Charter Vessel/Headboat Advisory Panel 
(AP).

DATES: The AP meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. on February 
28, 2000 and will conclude by 4:00 p.m. on February 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The AP meeting will be held at the Radisson Riverwalk Hotel 
Tampa, 200 North Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL 33602; telephone: 813-223-
2222.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wayne Swingle, Executive 
Director,; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council (Council) deferred taking action on a Draft Amendment for a 
Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium (Amendment) at its January 
18-21, 2000 meeting. Instead the Council has asked the AP to develop an 
industry proposal for revision of the current Federal permit system for 
charter vessels and headboats engaged in reef fish and coastal 
migratory pelagics fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. The AP may consider 
retaining some of the alternatives for management measures considered 
in the Amendment, and likely will suggest other alternatives that would 
need to be presented at public hearings in a subsequent amendment. The 
Council will consider the AP's recommendations at its March 20-23, 2000 
meeting in San Antonio, TX.
    Copies of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come 
before the AP for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal action during these meetings. Actions of the AP will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agendas 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 
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 
February 22, 2000.

    Dated: February 7, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-3286 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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