[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 175 (Friday, September 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 62477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21728]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE864


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 via webinar.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a public hearing to solicit public comments on Electronic 
Reporting Requirements for For-Hire Vessels via webinar.

DATES: The meeting will convene Wednesday, September 28, 2016, from 6 
p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar; you may register at: 
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3181204175348645889.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Froeschke, Fishery Biologist-
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 
[email protected]; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the following webinar is as 
follows: Council staff will brief the public on the Generic For-Hire 
Reporting Amendment. This Amendment would require electronic reporting 
for federally permitted for-hire vessels harvesting species managed in 
the Reef Fish and Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP) species in the Gulf 
of Mexico. Following the presentation, Council staff will open the 
meeting for questions and public comments.

Meeting Adjourns

    Please register for Public Hearing: Generic Amendment to Require 
Electronic Reporting For-hire Vessels on September 28, 2016, 6 p.m. EDT 
at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3181204175348645889.
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with 
other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file server. To 
access the file server, the URL is https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or go to the Council's Web site and click on the File 
Server link in the lower left of the Council Web site (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The username and password are both ``gulfguest''. 
Click on the ``Library Folder'', then scroll down to ``Generic For-Hire 
Electronic Reporting''.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the staff for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not 
be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Actions of the 
staff will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda 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 action to address the 
emergency.

    Dated: September 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-21728 Filed 9-8-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P