[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76472-76473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-31149]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC417
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Council to convene public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene
scoping meetings on addressing issues on regional management of
recreational red snapper, including locally optimal management
measures, allocation, and regional boundaries.
DATES: The scoping meetings will be held on January 14, 2013 through
January 22, 2013 at seven locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The
scoping meetings will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later than 9
p.m. For specific dates, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meetings will be held in the following
locations: St. Petersburg and Destin, FL; Baton Rouge, LA; Biloxi, MS;
Orange Beach, AL; Corpus Christi and LaMarque/Texas City, TX.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ava Lasseter, Anthropologist or
Dr. Carrie Simmons, Deputy Executive Director; Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council has scheduled scoping meetings on a proposed amendment
addressing issues of regional management of recreational red snapper.
Regional management would enable individual Gulf states or groups of
states to submit proposals for how each would manage a predetermined
portion of the recreational red snapper quota. Public comment will be
solicited on locally optimal management measures, regional boundaries
and allocation, and other components for the design of regional
management proposals including accountability measures, quota
monitoring, and enforcement.
The seven scoping meetings will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at the
end
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of public testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the following locations:
Monday, January 14, 2013; Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2440 Gulf
Freeway, Texas City, TX 77591, telephone: (409) 986-6700; DoubleTree by
Hilton Baton Rouge, 4964 Constitution Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808,
telephone: (225) 925-1005.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013; Hilton Garden Inn Corpus Christi, 6717
S. Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412, telephone: (361) 991-
8200; Four Points by Sheraton, 940 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, MS 39530,
telephone: (228) 546-3100.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013; Hilton Garden Inn Orange Beach
Beachfront, 23092 Perdido Beach Boulevard, Orange Beach, AL 36561,
telephone: (251) 974-1600.
Thursday, January 17, 2013; Destin Community Center, 101 Stahlman
Avenue, Destin, FL 32541, telephone: (850) 654-5184.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013; Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, 950
Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, telephone: (727) 540-
0050.
Copies of the scoping document will be available two weeks prior to
the first scoping meeting and can be obtained by calling (813) 348-
1630, or from the Council Web site at http://www.gulfcouncil.org/fishery_management_plans/scoping-thru-implementation.php.
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 at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: December 21, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-31149 Filed 12-27-12; 8:45 am]
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