[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 57721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25055]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG622
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public hearings and webinar.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold ten in-person public hearings and a webinar public hearing to
solicit public comments on Draft Amendment 50--State Management of
Recreational Red Snapper.
DATES: The public hearings will take place December 3, 2018-January 17,
2019. The meetings and webinar will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude
no later than 9 p.m. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. Written public comments must be received on or before 5
p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The public documents can be obtained by contacting the Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 4107 West Spruce Street, Suite
200, Tampa, FL 33607; (813) 348-1630 or on their website at
www.gulfcouncil.org.
Meeting addresses: The public hearings will be held in Pensacola,
Destin, Ft. Myers, and St. Petersburg, FL; Mobile, AL; Baton Rouge, LA;
Biloxi, MS; and Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and League City, TX. For
specific locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Public comments: Comments may be submitted online through the
Council's public portal by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on
``CONTACT US''.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ava Lasseter, Anthropologist;
[email protected], Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the following ten in-person
hearings and one webinar are as follows: Council staff will brief the
public on the purpose and need of the amendment. The Council is
currently considering state management that would provide flexibility
to the Gulf states to set the recreational red snapper fishing season
and potentially other management measures. Council staff will also
provide an overview of the actions and alternatives considered in the
amendment including the Council's preferred alternatives.
Staff and a State Representative Council member will be available
to answer any questions, and the public will have the opportunity to
provide testimony on the amendment and other related testimony.
The schedule is as follows:
Locations
Monday, December 3, 2018; Sanders Beach-Corrine Jones Center, 913
South I Street, Pensacola, FL 35202; telephone: (850) 436-5670.
Tuesday, December 4, 2018; City of Destin Community Center, 101
Stahlman Ave., Destin, FL 32541; telephone: (850) 654-5184.
Wednesday, December 5, 2018; Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza
Hotel, 64 South Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602; telephone: (251) 438-
4000.
Monday, December 10, 2018; Embassy Suites, 4914 Constitution
Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808; telephone: (225) 228-7164.
Tuesday December 11, 2018; Imperial Palace (IP) Casino and Resort,
850 Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39530; telephone: (228) 436-3000.
Monday, January 7, 2019; Hyatt Place Fort Myers at the Forum; 2600
Champion Ring Road, Ft. Myers, FL 33905; telephone: (239) 418-1844.
Tuesday, January 8, 2019; Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, 950
Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716; telephone: (727) 540-
0050.
Monday, January 14, 2019; Courtyard by Marriott Brownsville, 3955 N
Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520; telephone: (956) 350-4600.
Tuesday, January 15, 2019; Omni Hotels Corpus Christi, 900 North
Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, TX 78401; telephone: (361) 887-1600.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019; League City Civic Center and
Recreation Center, 300 West Walker St., League City, TX 77573;
telephone: (281) 554-1190.
Thursday, January 17, 2019, Webinar--6 p.m. EST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2288573373994739724. After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.
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 (see ADDRESSES), at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 13, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-25055 Filed 11-15-18; 8:45 am]
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