[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65998-65999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23067]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0649-XE898


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 hold a 
meeting of its Law Enforcement Technical Committee (LETC), in 
conjunction with the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission's Law 
Enforcement Committee (LEC).

DATES: The meeting will convene on Thursday, October 13, 2016; starting 
8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the JW Marriott New Orleans, 
located at 614 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: (504) 
525-6500.
    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: Mr. Steven Atran, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 
[email protected], telephone: (813) 348-1630, and Mr. Steve 
Vanderkooy, Inter-jurisdictional Fisheries Coordinator, Gulf States 
Marine Fisheries Commission; [email protected], telephone: (228) 
875-5912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion on the agenda are as 
follows:

Thursday, October 13, 2016, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
    1. Welcome
    2. LEC and LETC Voting Procedures
    3. Adoption of Agenda
    4. Election of GMFMC LETC Chair and Vice-chair
    5. Election of GSMFC LEC Chair and Vice-chair
    6. Approval of Minutes
    a. Approval of minutes of March 16, 2016 Joint LEC/LETC meeting
Gulf Council LETC Items
    7. Solicitation for Candidates for 2017 Officer of the Year Award
    8. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 36A--Commercial IFQ Program 
Modifications
    9. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 46--Gray Triggerfish Rebuilding Plan
    10. Draft Generic Amendment to Require Electronic Reporting for 
For-hire Vessels
    11. Draft Framework Action--Mutton Snapper ACL and Management 
Measures and Gag Commercial Size Limit
GSMFC LEC Items
    12. Anthropocene Institute's Marine Managed Area Project
    13. State Boundary and Jurisdictional Extensions
    14. Approval of GSMFC Pubs
    a. Strategic Plan 2017-2020
    b. Operations Plan 2017-2018
    15. IJF Program Activity
    a. Tripletail
    b. Atlantic Croaker
    16. State Report Highlights
    a. Florida
    b. Alabama
    c. Mississippi
    d. Louisiana
    e. Texas
    f. USCG
    g. NOAA OLE
    h. USFWS
    17. Other Business
--Meeting Adjourns--

    The Agenda is subject to change. The latest version of the agenda 
along with other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file 
server, which can be accessed by going to the Council Web site at 
http://www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on File Server under Quick 
Links. For meeting materials see folder ``LETC Meeting--2016-10'' on 
Gulf Council file server. The username and password are both 
``gulfguest''.
    The Law Enforcement Technical Committee consists of principal law 
enforcement officers in each of the Gulf States, as well as the NOAA 
Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, 
and the NOAA General Counsel for Law Enforcement.

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    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group 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 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 21, 2016.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-23067 Filed 9-23-16; 8:45 am]
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