[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 200 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 53472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25025]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XS39


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 a 
public meeting of the Texas Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 
and conclude no later than 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites 
Houston-Clear Lake-NASA, 506 West Bay Area Blvd., Webster, TX 77598.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Rester, Habitat Support 
Specialist, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228) 
875-5912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting, the AP will discuss a 
proposed seawall, ``The Ike Dike'', to protect Galveston Bay from 
hurricane storm surge, an update on oyster restoration in Galveston 
Bay, the Texas Clipper artificial reef project, status of the Flower 
Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan Review, the 
South Padre Island Second Access Project, and juvenile red snapper 
habitat use in the Gulf of Mexico.
    The Texas group is part of a three unit Habitat Protection Advisory 
Panel (AP) of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. The 
principal role of the advisory panels is to assist the Council in 
attempting to maintain optimum conditions within the habitat and 
ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico. 
Advisory panels serve as a first alert system to call to the Council's 
attention proposed projects being developed and other activities which 
may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and their supporting 
ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the Council on its 
policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
    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 O'Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: October 14, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-25025 Filed 10-16-09; 8:45 am]
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