[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9169-9170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03443]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD135
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 (Council) will
hold meetings of the Shrimp and Ad Hoc Artificial Substrate Advisory
Panels.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5
until 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 6, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hilton St. Petersburg
Bayfront Hotel, 333--1st Street, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; telephone:
(727) 894-5000.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL, 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. John Froeschke, Fishery Biologist
and Statistician or Dr. Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630; fax:
(813) 348-1711; emails: john.froeschke@ gulfcouncil.org or
gulfcouncil.org">morgan.kilgour@gulfcouncil.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the individual
meeting agendas are as follows:
Shrimp Advisory Panel, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30
p.m.
1. Adoption of agenda
2. Approval of minutes from May 23, 2013 meeting
3. Plan of work
4. Review of new stock assessments for brown, white, and pink shrimp
5. Biological review of the Texas closure
6. Review draft options for shrimp Amendment 15 status determination
criteria for penaeid shrimp and adjustments to the shrimp FMP framework
procedure
7. Discussion of ACL adjustment and accountability measures for royal
red shrimp
8. Kemp's Ridley stock assessment with discussion
9. Update on the status of the new shrimp ELB monitoring program
10. Other Business
Joint Shrimp and Ad Hoc Artificial Substrate Advisory Panels, Thursday,
March 6, 2014, 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
1. Consideration of new chair election for Ad Hoc Artificial Substrate
AP
2. Adoption of agenda
3. Approval of minutes from February 28, 2013 Ad Hoc Artificial
Substrate AP Meeting
4. Plan of work: Council charge- discussion of issues, impacts, and
concerns associated with artificial reef siting criteria
a. Shrimp effort
b. Artificial reefs sites (past and present)
c. Bottom type
d. Depth
e. Other criteria
5. Rigs to reefs
6. Habitat limitations of age 2 red snapper and their association with
petroleum platforms
7. Other Business
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues
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specifically identified in this notice and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act,
provided 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 aids should be directed to Kathy Pereira at the Council
Office (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 12, 2014.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-03443 Filed 2-14-14; 8:45 am]
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