[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52874-52875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1962]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 082304D]


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 13-17, 2004.

ADDRESSES:  These meetings will be held at the Edgewater Beach Resort, 
11212 Front Beach Road, Panama City, FL 34207.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018

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North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; 850-235-4977.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

Thursday September 16, 2004

    8:30 a.m. - Convene.
    8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Receive public testimony on the Reef Fish 
Amendment 23 (Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan) and Applications for 
Exempted Fishing Permits (if any).
    10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Receive the Habitat Protection Committee 
report.
    10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the report of the Joint 
Personnel/Administrative Policy Committee.
    10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Receive the report of the Budget Committee.
    11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committee report.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the Shrimp Management Committee 
report.
    1 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Receive the Data Collection Committee report.
    1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Receive the Ecosystem Management Committee 
report.
    1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee 
report.
    3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive the Migratory Species Committee 
report.

September 17, 2004

    8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Receive the Sustainable Fisheries Committee 
report.
    9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Receive the Coral Management Committee 
report.
    10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the Joint Advisory Panel (AP) 
Selection/Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Selection 
Committee report.
    10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Receive the International Commission for the 
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Advisory Committee report.
    11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive Enforcement Reports.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the NMFS Regional Administrator's 
Report.
    11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Receive Director's Reports.
    11:45 a.m. - 12 noon - Other Business
    12 noon - 12:15 p.m. - Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.

September 13, 2004

    8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - The Joint Personnel/Administrative Policy 
Committees will review the disciplinary action section of the Council's 
Standard Operating Practices and Procedures (SOPPS) and the 
Southeastern Data and Review (SEDAR) Process and Pool Section of SOPPs.
    9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Budget Committee will review the 2005-
09 budgets.
    10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Management 
Committee will review amendments for commercial limited access systems 
for reef fish and mackerels.
    1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - The Shrimp Management Committee will discuss 
NOAA Fisheries' bycatch reduction device (BRD) technical developments; 
proposed revision of BRD certification rule; report on Shrimp Summit 
meeting; and Draft Shrimp Amendment 13/SEIS.
    3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Ecosystem Management Committee will 
meet and presentations on the NOAA Fisheries' ecosystem management will 
be given. There will also be a presentation on the South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) approach to ecosystem management.

September 14, 2004

    8 a.m - 9:30 a.m. - The Data Collection Committee will meet to hear 
a presentation of the recreational data needs and data collection.
    9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. - The Habitat Protection Committee will review 
a Preliminary Public Hearing Draft of Generic Essential Fish Habitat 
(EFH) Amendment and a report on NOAA Fisheries' Liquid Natural Gas 
(LNG) Facilities Workshop.
    11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Reef Fish Management Committee will meet 
to review the Final Reef Fish Amendment 23 for rebuilding vermilion 
snapper; an Options Paper for Reef Fish 18A pertaining to the grouper 
fishery; scoping comments on Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
Profile; and public testimony on grouper quota and trip limits.
    6:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m. - NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Regional Office 
(SERO) will hold the Gulf Coast Recreational Data Forum in the same 
meeting room as the Council meeting. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE Regional 
Administrator, SERO staff, and fisheries statistics staff from NOAA 
Fisheries Headquarters will be on hand to provide up-to-date program 
information and answer questions about NOAA Fisheries' recreational 
data collection program. The informal two-hour session is open to the 
public and will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information on the Gulf 
Coast Recreational Data Forum, contact Michael Bailey at 727-570-5474.

September 15, 2004

    8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Highly Migratory Species Committee 
will meet to suggest changes to the NOAA Fisheries HMS/Billfish 
Amendments.
    10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - The Sustainable Fisheries Committee will 
suggest changes to the draft proposed guidelines for National Standard 
One.
    2:30 - 4:30 p.m. - The Coral Management Committee will meet from to 
review the Oceana petition for rulemaking on deep-water coral and draft 
a Council letter commenting on it.
    4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - The Joint Advisory Panel (AP)/Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) selection Committee will meet in a closed 
session to discuss the appointment of 2 persons to the Ad Hoc Red 
Snapper AP and appointment of members to the Ad Hoc Ecosystem SSC.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come 
before the Council and Committees for discussion, in accordance with 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those 
issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. 
Actions of the Council and Committees 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. The established times for addressing items on the agenda may 
be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the untimely completion of 
discussion relevant to other agenda items. In order to further allow 
for such adjustments and completion of all items on the agenda, the 
meeting may be extended from, or completed prior to the date 
established in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dawn Aring at the Council (see 
ADDRESSES) by September 2, 2004.

    Dated: August 25, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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