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[Federal Register: February 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 37)]
[Notices]               
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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. 022002A]

 
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 March 11-15, 2002.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Adam's Mark Hotel, 64 
South Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602; telephone: 251-438-4000.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

March 13

    8:30 a.m.--Convene.
    8:45 a.m.-- 12 noon--Receive public testimony on Draft Shrimp 
Amendment 10/Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review (EA/
RIR), the Red Grouper Amendment, total allowable catch (TAC) 
recommendations for gag grouper, a greater amberjack rebuilding 
program, and a coastal migratory pelagic (CMP) status determination 
criteria. Although the Council will hear public testimony on the Red 
Grouper Amendment, final action will not be taken until the July 8-12, 
2002 Council meeting in Sarasota, FL.
    1:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.--Continue public testimony if necessary.

March 14

    8:30 a.m.-- 9:30 a.m.--Receive a report of the Shrimp Management 
Committee.
    9:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.--Receive the report of the Reef Fish 
Management Committee.

March 15

    8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.--Receive a report of the Personnel Committee.
    9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m--Receive a report of the Mackerel Management 
Committee.
    9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.--Receive a report of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee.
    9:45 a.m. - 10 a.m.--Receive a report of the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council Liaison.
    10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.--Receive the NMFS Regional Administrator's 
Report.
    10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.--Receive Director's Reports.
    11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Other Business.

March 11

    10:30 a.m. - 12 noon--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee to 
develop recommendations for mackerel and cobia status determination 
criteria. The full Council will consider these recommendations on 
Friday morning.
    1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to 
hear a staff presentation on a revised Draft Shrimp Amendment 10/EA/RIR 
and develop recommendations for final action by the full Council on 
Thursday morning.
    4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--(CLOSED SESSION) Briefing on litigation.

March 12

    8:30 a.m. - 12 noon--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee to 
review a draft Red Grouper Amendment containing alternatives for 
rebuilding of the red grouper stock. The committee will also discuss 
TAC recommendations for gag, and a greater amberjack rebuilding 
program. The full Council will consider these recommendations on 
Thursday.
    1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.--Continue the Reef Fish Management Committee.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the agenda may come 
before the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens

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Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), those issues may not 
be the subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 
action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in 
this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice 
that require emergency action under section 305 (c) of the MSFCMA, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.
    A copy of the Committee schedule and agenda can be obtained by 
calling (813) 228-2815.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see 
ADDRESSES) by March 4, 2002.

    Dated: February 20, 2002.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-4450 Filed 2-22-02; 8:45 am]
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