[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 72676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24819]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE50


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a 
public meeting of the Ad Hoc Recreational Red Snapper Advisory Panel 
(AP).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 
and conclude no later than 3 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2008.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Quorum Hotel, 700 N. 
Westshore Blvd., Tampa, FL 33609; telephone: (813) 289-8200.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
(813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting, the AP will consider 
developing goals and objectives for management of the recreational red 
snapper fishery, will continue to evaluate and recommend innovative 
management strategies for the private and for-hire recreational red 
snapper fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico, and will continue to evaluate 
and recommend innovative approaches to minimizing bycatch and bycatch 
mortality in the private and for-hire recreational red snapper 
fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico. The AP will focus on specific issues 
within recreational red snapper fishery management including data 
collection, education and enforcement, artificial reefs and marine 
reserves, bycatch reduction, and limited access privilege programs such 
as individual fishing quotas (IFQ) and angling management organizations 
(AMO).
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel 
for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed 
as available by this notice.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling (813) 348-1630.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: December 18, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24819 Filed 12-20-07; 8:45 am]
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