[Federal Register: August 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 167)]
[Notices]
[Page 52874-52875]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082304D]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene
public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on September 13-17, 2004.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Edgewater Beach Resort,
11212 Front Beach Road, Panama City, FL 34207.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018
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North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; 850-235-4977.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council
Thursday September 16, 2004
8:30 a.m. - Convene.
8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Receive public testimony on the Reef Fish
Amendment 23 (Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan) and Applications for
Exempted Fishing Permits (if any).
10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Receive the Habitat Protection Committee
report.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the report of the Joint
Personnel/Administrative Policy Committee.
10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Receive the report of the Budget Committee.
11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive the Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel
Management Committee report.
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the Shrimp Management Committee
report.
1 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - Receive the Data Collection Committee report.
1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Receive the Ecosystem Management Committee
report.
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee
report.
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive the Migratory Species Committee
report.
September 17, 2004
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Receive the Sustainable Fisheries Committee
report.
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Receive the Coral Management Committee
report.
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the Joint Advisory Panel (AP)
Selection/Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Selection
Committee report.
10:45 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Receive the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Advisory Committee report.
11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive Enforcement Reports.
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the NMFS Regional Administrator's
Report.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Receive Director's Reports.
11:45 a.m. - 12 noon - Other Business
12 noon - 12:15 p.m. - Election of Chair and Vice-Chair.
September 13, 2004
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - The Joint Personnel/Administrative Policy
Committees will review the disciplinary action section of the Council's
Standard Operating Practices and Procedures (SOPPS) and the
Southeastern Data and Review (SEDAR) Process and Pool Section of SOPPs.
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Budget Committee will review the 2005-
09 budgets.
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Management
Committee will review amendments for commercial limited access systems
for reef fish and mackerels.
1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - The Shrimp Management Committee will discuss
NOAA Fisheries' bycatch reduction device (BRD) technical developments;
proposed revision of BRD certification rule; report on Shrimp Summit
meeting; and Draft Shrimp Amendment 13/SEIS.
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Ecosystem Management Committee will
meet and presentations on the NOAA Fisheries' ecosystem management will
be given. There will also be a presentation on the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) approach to ecosystem management.
September 14, 2004
8 a.m - 9:30 a.m. - The Data Collection Committee will meet to hear
a presentation of the recreational data needs and data collection.
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. - The Habitat Protection Committee will review
a Preliminary Public Hearing Draft of Generic Essential Fish Habitat
(EFH) Amendment and a report on NOAA Fisheries' Liquid Natural Gas
(LNG) Facilities Workshop.
11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Reef Fish Management Committee will meet
to review the Final Reef Fish Amendment 23 for rebuilding vermilion
snapper; an Options Paper for Reef Fish 18A pertaining to the grouper
fishery; scoping comments on Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
Profile; and public testimony on grouper quota and trip limits.
6:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m. - NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Regional Office
(SERO) will hold the Gulf Coast Recreational Data Forum in the same
meeting room as the Council meeting. Dr. Roy Crabtree, SE Regional
Administrator, SERO staff, and fisheries statistics staff from NOAA
Fisheries Headquarters will be on hand to provide up-to-date program
information and answer questions about NOAA Fisheries' recreational
data collection program. The informal two-hour session is open to the
public and will begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information on the Gulf
Coast Recreational Data Forum, contact Michael Bailey at 727-570-5474.
September 15, 2004
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Highly Migratory Species Committee
will meet to suggest changes to the NOAA Fisheries HMS/Billfish
Amendments.
10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - The Sustainable Fisheries Committee will
suggest changes to the draft proposed guidelines for National Standard
One.
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. - The Coral Management Committee will meet from to
review the Oceana petition for rulemaking on deep-water coral and draft
a Council letter commenting on it.
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - The Joint Advisory Panel (AP)/Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC) selection Committee will meet in a closed
session to discuss the appointment of 2 persons to the Ad Hoc Red
Snapper AP and appointment of members to the Ad Hoc Ecosystem SSC.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come
before the Council and Committees for discussion, in accordance with
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those
issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings.
Actions of the Council and Committees will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the agendas and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council's intent to take action to address the
emergency. The established times for addressing items on the agenda may
be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the untimely completion of
discussion relevant to other agenda items. In order to further allow
for such adjustments and completion of all items on the agenda, the
meeting may be extended from, or completed prior to the date
established in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dawn Aring at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) by September 2, 2004.
Dated: August 25, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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