[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13334-13335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05759]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD819


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; scoping workshops.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold scoping workshops for Coastal Migratory Species Amendments 26 & 
28.

DATES: The scoping workshops will be held from Monday, March 30 through 
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at nine locations throughout the Gulf of 
Mexico. The scoping workshops will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no 
later than 9

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p.m. For specific dates and locations see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
below.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The scoping workshops will be held in the 
following locations: Mobile, AL; Biloxi, MS; Panama City, St. 
Petersburg and Key West, FL; Grand Isle, LA; and Galveston, Port 
Aransas and San Antonio, TX.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Rindone, Fishery Biologist, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630; fax: 
(813) 348-1711; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the scoping 
workshops are as follows:
     Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment 26 Scoping Document: 
CMP Amendment 26 will examine modifications to Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic king mackerel management, including annual catch limits, 
annual catch targets, stock boundaries, bag limit sales, and sector-
specific accountability measures.
     Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment 28 Scoping Document: 
CMP Amendment 28 will examine modifications to Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic king mackerel and Spanish mackerel management, including 
splitting the current federal limited-access king mackerel and federal 
open-access Spanish mackerel commercial fishing permits into separate 
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic permits.
    The scoping workshops will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at the end 
of public testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the following locations:
    Monday, March 30, 2015, Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel, 
64 South Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602, telephone: (251) 438-4000;
    Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Golden Nugget Hotel, 151 Beach Boulevard, 
Biloxi, MS 39530, telephone: (228) 435-4500;
    Monday, April 13, 2015, Hilton Garden Inn, 1101 U.S. Highway 231, 
Panama City, FL 32405, telephone: (850) 392-1093; Hilton St. Petersburg 
Carillon Park, 950 Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, 
telephone: (727) 540-0050;
    Sunday, April 19, 2015, Doubletree Grand Key Resort, 3990 South 
Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040, telephone: (305) 293-1818;
    Thursday, April 23, 2015, Hyatt Place San Antonio Airport, 7615 
Jones Maltsberger Road, San Antonio, TX 78216, telephone; (210) 930-
2333;
    Friday, April 24, 2015, Hampton Inn & Suites, 2208 Highway 361, 
Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone: (361) 749-8888;
    Monday, April 27, 2015, Hilton Galveston Island Hotel, 5400 Seawall 
Boulevard, Galveston Island, TX 77551, telephone: (409) 744-5000; and
    Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 
Fisheries (LDWF) Fisheries Research Laboratory, 195 Ludwig Annex, Grand 
Isle, LA 70358.
    Copies of the scoping workshop documents can be obtained by calling 
(813) 348-1630 or visiting www.GulfCouncil.org.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Pereira at the Council 
Office (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.


    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 10, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-05759 Filed 3-12-15; 8:45 am]
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