[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37087-37088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3345]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[ I.D. 062305B]


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 meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene 
public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held July 11-15, 2005.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the DiamondHead Beach Resort, 
2000 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL, 33607 (as of July 1, 2005).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813.228.2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

    10:45 a.m. - Convene.
    11:00 a.m. - 12 noon - The Council will hear a presentation on the 
licensing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities.
    1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Receive public testimony on the preliminary 
Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment.


Thursday, July 14, 2005

    8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. - Receive the SSC Selection Committee Report 
(CLOSED SESSION).
    8:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive public testimony on (a) the 
preliminary Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment, (b) Reef Fish Amendment 
18A/EA, (c) Charter Vessel Permit Moratorium Extension (CMP17/RF 25) 
and (d) Exempted fishing permits (if any).
    1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Receive a presentation on a Permits Information 
Management System.
    1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. - Receive the SSC Selection Committee Report.
    1:35 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Receive the AP Selection Committee Report.
    1:50 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee 
Report.


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Friday, July 15, 2005

    8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Receive the Shrimp Management Committee 
report.
    9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Receive the Coral Management Committee 
report.
    10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Receive the Joint Budget/Personnel Committee 
Report.
    10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the Sustainable Fisheries/
Ecosystem Committee Report.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive the joint Reef Fish/Mackerel 
Management Committees Report.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the NRC Recreational Data Meeting 
report.
    11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Other Business.

Committee

Monday, July 11, 2005

    8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - The Scientific and Statistical (SSC) 
Selection Committee will meet in closed session to appoint SSC members.
    8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - The Advisory Panel (AP) Selection Committee 
will meet to develop the structure of the Ad Hoc Red Grouper Individual 
Fishing Quota (IFQ) AP.
    10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - - The Coral Management Committee will meet 
to review the recommendations of the Coral SSC on coral reef research 
and other matters.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Joint Budget/Personnel Committee will 
meet to consider options recommended by staff under the Family Medical 
Leave Act (FMLA) revision to the SOPPs.
    1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - - The Reef Fish Management Committee will 
review the new red snapper stock assessment conducted under the 
SouthEast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, which yields a 
peer-reviewed assessment. They will also review the recommendations of 
the SSC, SEP and Red Snapper AP on this assessment. The Committee will 
review Draft Reef Fish Amendment 26 for a red snapper IFQ program and 
select their preferred alternatives for management measures for public 
hearings. The Reef Fish Management Committee will review public hearing 
summaries, public letters, AP recommendations, SSC recommendations, 
Federal recommendations and committee recommendations on Reef Fish 
Amendment 18A/EA, which addresses the grouper fishery and make 
recommendations to Council. The Committee will then review public 
hearing comments on the interim red grouper rule and select preferred 
alternatives for a regulatory amendment that will be presented at 
public hearings in August.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

    8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Reef Fish Management Committee 
resumes.
    1 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The Shrimp Management Committee will hear a 
presentation on bycatch reduction devices (BRDs), review a preliminary 
scoping document on Amendment 14 and hear a report on the status of 
shrimp stocks.
    4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem Committee 
will meet to consider the recommendations of the Ecosystem SSC and to 
develop recommendations to Congress on amendments to the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

    8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - The joint Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem 
Committee continues.
    9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Management 
Committees will review public hearing summaries, public letters, AP 
recommendations, SEP comments, SSC recommendations and committee 
recommendations on Final Generic Amendment for Extension of Charter 
Vessel Permit Moratorium and make recommendations to the Council.
    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 (M-SFCMA), 
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 M-SFCMA, 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 timely completion of 
discussion relevant to the 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 June 27, 2005.

    Dated: June 23, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-3345 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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