[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60985-60986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2603]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 090904F]


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 a 
public meeting of its Standing and Special Mackerel and Reef Fish 
Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSCs).

DATES:  The meeting will be convened by conference call at 10 a.m. EST 
on November 1, 2004.

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ADDRESSES:  See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for locations of listening 
stations.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Richard L. Leard, Deputy Executive 
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 
228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons wishing to listen to the call may do 
so at the following locations:
    1. NMFS Panama City Laboratory, 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama 
City, FL, Contact: Gary Fitzhugh at 850-234-6541, extension 214.
    2. NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 9721 North Executive Center 
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, Contact: Peter Hood at 727-570-5728.
    3. NMFS Pascagoula Laboratory, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, 
MS, Contact: Cheryl Hinkel at 228-762-4591.
    4. NMFS Galveston Laboratory, 4700 Avenue U, Galveston, TX, 
Contact: Rhonda O'Toole at 409-766-3500.
    The Council will convene its SSCs to review public hearing drafts 
of Amendment 15 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) and Amendment 24 to the Reef Fish FMP. Each of these 
amendments contain alternatives to allow the existing commercial permit 
moratoria to expire, extend the moratoria for 5 or 10 years, or replace 
the moratoria with permanent limited access systems that would, in 
essence, maintain the cap on the number of permits indefinitely, or 
until replaced or eliminated by additional actions by the Council.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may be 
discussed by the SSCs, 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 SSCs 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

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Dawn Aring at the Council office by September 24, 
2004.

    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2603 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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