[Federal Register: June 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 123)]
[Notices]
[Page 37087-37088]
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. 062305B]
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 meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene
public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held July 11-15, 2005.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the DiamondHead Beach Resort,
2000 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, Florida.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL, 33607 (as of July 1, 2005).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813.228.2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
10:45 a.m. - Convene.
11:00 a.m. - 12 noon - The Council will hear a presentation on the
licensing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities.
1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Receive public testimony on the preliminary
Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment.
Thursday, July 14, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. - Receive the SSC Selection Committee Report
(CLOSED SESSION).
8:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive public testimony on (a) the
preliminary Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment, (b) Reef Fish Amendment
18A/EA, (c) Charter Vessel Permit Moratorium Extension (CMP17/RF 25)
and (d) Exempted fishing permits (if any).
1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Receive a presentation on a Permits Information
Management System.
1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. - Receive the SSC Selection Committee Report.
1:35 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Receive the AP Selection Committee Report.
1:50 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee
Report.
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Friday, July 15, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Receive the Shrimp Management Committee
report.
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Receive the Coral Management Committee
report.
10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Receive the Joint Budget/Personnel Committee
Report.
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the Sustainable Fisheries/
Ecosystem Committee Report.
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive the joint Reef Fish/Mackerel
Management Committees Report.
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the NRC Recreational Data Meeting
report.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Other Business.
Committee
Monday, July 11, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - The Scientific and Statistical (SSC)
Selection Committee will meet in closed session to appoint SSC members.
8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - The Advisory Panel (AP) Selection Committee
will meet to develop the structure of the Ad Hoc Red Grouper Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) AP.
10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - - The Coral Management Committee will meet
to review the recommendations of the Coral SSC on coral reef research
and other matters.
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Joint Budget/Personnel Committee will
meet to consider options recommended by staff under the Family Medical
Leave Act (FMLA) revision to the SOPPs.
1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - - The Reef Fish Management Committee will
review the new red snapper stock assessment conducted under the
SouthEast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, which yields a
peer-reviewed assessment. They will also review the recommendations of
the SSC, SEP and Red Snapper AP on this assessment. The Committee will
review Draft Reef Fish Amendment 26 for a red snapper IFQ program and
select their preferred alternatives for management measures for public
hearings. The Reef Fish Management Committee will review public hearing
summaries, public letters, AP recommendations, SSC recommendations,
Federal recommendations and committee recommendations on Reef Fish
Amendment 18A/EA, which addresses the grouper fishery and make
recommendations to Council. The Committee will then review public
hearing comments on the interim red grouper rule and select preferred
alternatives for a regulatory amendment that will be presented at
public hearings in August.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Reef Fish Management Committee
resumes.
1 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The Shrimp Management Committee will hear a
presentation on bycatch reduction devices (BRDs), review a preliminary
scoping document on Amendment 14 and hear a report on the status of
shrimp stocks.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem Committee
will meet to consider the recommendations of the Ecosystem SSC and to
develop recommendations to Congress on amendments to the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - The joint Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem
Committee continues.
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Management
Committees will review public hearing summaries, public letters, AP
recommendations, SEP comments, SSC recommendations and committee
recommendations on Final Generic Amendment for Extension of Charter
Vessel Permit Moratorium and make recommendations to the Council.
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 (M-SFCMA),
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 M-SFCMA, 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 timely completion of
discussion relevant to the 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 June 27, 2005.
Dated: June 23, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-3345 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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