[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3087-3088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00982]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB680]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting;
Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a four-day meeting to consider actions affecting the Gulf of
Mexico fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). UPDATE: Notice
of change to meeting will now be VIRTUAL only for all participants.
DATES: The meeting has changed to VIRTUAL only. The meeting will
convene Monday, January 24 through Wednesday, January 26, 2022 from 8
a.m. to 5:30 p.m., CST and on Thursday January 27, 2022 from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., CST.
ADDRESSES: You may access the log-on information by visiting our
website at www.gulfcouncil.org.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 4107 W
Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Carrie Simmons, Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813)
348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice published in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73259). The meeting was a hybrid
meeting, but is being changed to an all virtual meeting.
Monday, January 24, 2022; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., CST
The meeting will begin open to the public in a Full Council Session
to hold an Election of Council Vice-Chair, and review and adoption of
the revised Council Committee Assignments for October 2021 through
August 2022.
Committee sessions will begin approximately 8:15 a.m. with the
Habitat Protection and Restoration Committee receiving a presentation
from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wind Energy
Development in the Gulf of Mexico, review of Essential Fish Habitat
Generic Amendment and Draft Response Letter to NOAA Request for
Comments on the Area-Based Management Goals Related to Executive Order
14008.
The Outreach and Education Committee will receive a presentation on
2021 Communications Analytics and Updated 2021 Communications
Improvement Plan, draft Social Media Guidelines, draft Public Comment
Guidelines, draft Press Release Guidelines, and the 2022 Communications
Improvement Plan. The Committee will discuss remaining items form the
Outreach and Education Technical Committee and receive a presentation
on Summary of Discard and Barotrauma Reduction Efforts Across the
Region.
The Shrimp Committee will review National Marine Fisheries
Service's (NMFS) Evaluation of Draft Approval Specifications for
Reinstituting Historical cELB Program, Updated Draft Framework Action:
Modification of the Vessel Position Data Collection Program for the
Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery, and summary of the Shrimp Advisory Panel
Meeting.
The Mackerel Committee will review and discuss Coastal Migratory
Pelagics Landings, Draft Amendment 33: Modifications to the Gulf of
Mexico Migratory Group King Mackerel Catch Limits and Sector
Allocations, and Draft Amendment 34: Atlantic Migratory Group King
Mackerel Catch Levels and Atlantic King and Spanish Mackerel Management
Measures.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., CST
The Reef Fish Committee will convene to review Reef Fish Landings
and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Landings and Final Action: Framework
Action: Modification of Vermillion Snapper Catch Limits. Following, the
Committee will receive presentations on
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SEDAR 70: Greater Amberjack Stock Assessment Report and SEDAR 72: Gag
Grouper Stock Assessment Report, and discuss SSC Recommendations and
Reef Fish Advisory Panel Feedback for both. The Committee will also
discuss the Council Request for State Reef Fish Survey (SRFS)
Integration and Update Assessment for SEDAR 72: Gag Grouper.
The Committee will review Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Programs,
Focus Group Formation and next steps and Public Hearing Draft: Reef
Fish Amendment 36B. The Committee will receive an update on Draft
Snapper Grouper Amendment 44 and Reef Fish Amendment 55: Modifications
to Southeastern U.S. Yellowtail Snapper Jurisdictional Allocations,
Catch Limits, and South Atlantic Sector Annual Catch Limits.
The Committee will hold a discussion on Wenchman in the Gulf of
Mexico, review the Revised Great Red Snapper Count Estimates and SSC
Recommendations for re-evaluating Red Snapper Catch Advise, discuss any
remaining SSC and Reef Fish Advisory Panel recommendations.
Full Council will reconvene in a CLOSED SESSION for selection of
IFQ Focus Group Participants.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022; 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m., CST
The Data Collection Committee will receive an update on Southeast
For-Hire Integrated Electronic Reporting (SEFHIER) Program and review
Draft Framework Action: Modification to Location Reporting Requirements
for For-Hire Vessels and Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP) Recommendations.
The Committee will receive a presentation on Update on Modifications to
the Commercial Electronic Reporting Program. The Committee will receive
an update on Upcoming Workshop to Evaluate State-federal Recreational
Survey Differences.
The Sustainable Fisheries Committee will review and discuss
Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology and SSC Recommendations.
Following lunch at approximately 1:30 p.m. CST, the Council will
reconvene with a Call to Order, Announcements and Introductions,
Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes; and receive a presentation
on Density Estimations of age-0 and age-1 Gray Triggerfish, Balistes
capriscus, and Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites aurorubens, from 2007 to
2015, in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
The Council will hold public testimony from 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
CST on Final Action Item: Framework Action: Modification of Vermilion
Snapper Catch Limits; and open testimony on other fishery issues or
concerns. Public comment may begin earlier than 2:15 p.m. CST, but will
not conclude before that time. Persons wishing to give public testimony
in-person must register at the registration kiosk in the meeting room.
Persons wishing to give public testimony virtually must sign up on the
Council website on the day of public testimony. Registration for
virtual testimony closes one hour (1:15 p.m. CST) before public
testimony begins.
Thursday, January 27, 2022; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., CST
The Council will receive Committee reports from Habitat Protection
and Restoration, Shrimp, Outreach and Education, Mackerel, Data
Collection, Reef Fish and Sustainable Fisheries Management Committees.
The Council will review Closed Session Report and receive updates from
the following supporting agencies: South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Louisiana Law Enforcement Efforts; NOAA Office of Law
Enforcement (OLE); Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; U.S. Coast
Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Department of State.
Lastly, the Council will discuss any Other Business items.
Meeting Adjourns
The meeting will be virtual only. You may register for the webinar
to ``listen-in'' only by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and click on the
Council meeting tab.
The timing and order in which agenda items are addressed may change
as required to effectively address the issue, and the latest version
along with other meeting materials will be posted on the website as
they become available.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda
may come before this group for discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during these meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided that 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 aid or accommodations should be directed to Kathy Pereira,
(813) 348-1630, at least 15 days prior to the meeting date.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: January 13, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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