[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45011-45012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21599]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081701B]


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 10-13, 2001. For specific 
dates and times of the meetings see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the W New Orleans Hotel, 333 
Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-525-9444.
    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 12

    1 p.m.--Convene.
    1:15 p.m.-- 5:30 p.m.--Receive public testimony on Draft Shrimp 
Amendment 10/Environmental Assessment (EA).

September 13

    8:30 a.m.--12 noon--Receive a report of the Reef Fish Management 
Committee.
    1:30 p.m.--2 p.m.--Receive a report of the Shrimp Management 
Committee.
    2 p.m.--2:15 p.m.--Receive a report of the Law Enforcement 
Committee.
    2:15 p.m.--2:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Budget Committee.
    2:30 p.m.--2:45 p.m.--Receive a report of the Personnel Committee.
    2:45 p.m.--3 p.m.--Receive a report of the Closed Council Session.
    3 p.m.--3:15 p.m.--Receive a report of the International Commission 
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee.
    3:15 p.m.--3:30 p.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    3:30 p.m.--3:45 p.m.--Receive a report of the NMFS National 
Environmental Policy Act/Sustainable Fisheries Act Workshop.
    3:45 p.m.-- 4 p.m.--Receive the NMFS Regional Administrator's 
Report.
    4 p.m.--4:15 p.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
    4:15 p.m.-- 4:30 p.m.--Other Business.
    4:30 p.m.-- 4:45 p.m.--Election of Chairman and Vice Chairman.

September 10

    10 a.m.--11 a.m.--Orientation Session for New Members.
    11 a.m.--12 noon--CLOSED SESSION--Full Council to review litigation 
affecting fishery management plan amendments.
    1:30 p.m.--5:30 p.m--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee to 
review Draft Reef Fish Amendment 18 and a draft supplemental 
environmental impact statement and to make their recommendations to the 
Council. The full Council will consider those recommendations on 
Thursday morning. Final action on Reef Fish Amendment 18 will be taken 
at the December 10-14, 2001 Council meeting in Biloxi, MS.

September 11

    8:30 a.m.--11 a.m.--Continue the meeting of the Reef Fish 
Management Committee, if necessary.
    11 a.m.--12 noon--Convene the Budget Committee to discuss the CY 
2001 budget.
    1:30 p.m.-- 4:30 p.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to 
review Draft Amendment 10/EA to develop their recommendations to the 
full Council for final action. The full Council will consider those 
recommendations on Thursday afternoon. The Shrimp Committee will also 
hear a report on the Gulf and South Atlantic Fishery Foundation's 
Bycatch and Effort Monitoring Program.
    4:30 p.m.-- 5:30 p.m.-- Convene the Personnel Committee to consider 
revisions to the personnel section of the Administrative Handbook.

September 12

    8:30 a.m.--11 a.m.--Convene a joint meeting of the Law Enforcement 
Committee and Law Enforcement Advisory Panel to receive progress 
reports on the Operations Plan and Cooperative Enforcement Agreements.
    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 (MSFCMA), 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

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section 305 (c) of the MSFCMA, 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 August 31, 2001.

    Dated: August 21, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-21599 Filed 8-24-01; 8:45 am]
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