[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1394-1395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00148]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD702
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council); Public
Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the: Administrative Policy, Data Collection, Reef
Fish, Mackerel and Gulf SEDAR Management Committees; in conjunction
with a meeting of the Full Council. The Council will also hold a formal
public comment session.
DATES: The Council meeting will convene 8:30 a.m. on Monday, January 26
and adjourn 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Grand Hotel
Marriott, located at One Grand Boulevard, Point Clear, AL 36564;
telephone: (251) 928-9201.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Douglas Gregory, Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813)
348-1630; fax: (813) 348-1711; email: [email protected]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion for each individual
management committee agenda are as follows:
Administrative Policy Committee Agenda, Monday, January 26, 2015, 8:30
a.m. until 10:30 a.m.:
Update on Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC) Appointment Process and Structure
Review of NMFS/NOAA Comments on 2012 Standard Operating
Policies and Procedures (SOPPs)
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Data Collection Committee Agenda, Monday, January 26, 2015, 10:30 a.m.
until 12 noon:
Discussion of Technical Subcommittee for Electronic
Charter Boat Reporting Recommendations
Review and Discussion of Marine Recreational Information
Program (MRIP) Calibration
Review and Discussion of MRIP Red Snapper Workshop
Electronic Monitoring/Electronic Reporting Implementation
Plan
--Recess--
Reef Fish Management Committee Agenda, Monday, January 26, 2015, 1:30
p.m. until 5:30 p.m.:
Review of Red Snapper Update Assessment
Reevaluation of Gag Overfishing Limits (OFL) and
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) for 2015-16
Review of Mutton Snapper Update Assessment
Review of Draft Amendment 39--Red Snapper Recreational
Regional Management
Review of Revised Public Hearing Draft Amendment 28--Red
Snapper Allocation
Review of Greater Amberjack Draft Framework Action
Report of the Ad Hoc For-hire Red Snapper AP
Final Action--Framework Action to Adjust Recreational For-
Hire Red Snapper Management Measures
Review of Options Paper to Update Minimum Stock Size
Threshold for Reef Fish Stocks with Low Natural Mortality
Discussion of Red Snapper Poaching by Mexican Lanchas
--Recess--
Reef Fish Management Committee Agenda, Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 8:30
a.m. until 5:30 p.m.:
Continuation of the previous day's agenda
--Recess--
Immediately following committee recess Dr. Crabtree will hold a Red
Snapper Update and Question & Answer Session.
Mackerel Management Committee Agenda, Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 8:30
a.m. until 11:30 a.m.:
Discussion of Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment
Renumbering
Review of SEDAR 38--Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic King
Mackerel Stock Assessment Report
Review of Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment 24 Scoping
Document--South Atlantic Spanish Mackerel Allocations
Review of Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment 26 Scoping
Document--Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic King Mackerel Allocations
and Mixing Zone Delineation
Review of Coastal Migratory Pelagics Amendment 28 Scoping
Document--Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic King and Spanish Mackerel
Permit Split
Discussion of Gulf of Mexico King Mackerel Gill Net
Fishery Issues
Gulf SEDAR Management Committee Agenda, Wednesday, January 28, 2015,
11:30 a.m. until 12 noon:
Review of SEDAR Schedule
--Recess--
Council Session Agenda, Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 1:30 p.m. until
5:30 p.m.:
1:30 p.m.-1:40 p.m.: Call to Order and Introductions, Adoption of
Agenda and Approval of Minutes
1:40 p.m.-1:50 p.m.: The Council will receive an update on Red Drum
1:50 p.m.-2:50 p.m.: The Council will receive a briefing regarding the
NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy and discuss Council Member
SEDAR Workshop for June 2015.
--Recess--
3 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: The Council will receive public testimony on Final
Action--Framework Action to Adjust Recreational For-hire Red Snapper
Management Measures and Revised Public Hearing Draft Amendment 28--Red
Snapper Allocation; and open public comment period regarding other
fishery issues or concerns. People wishing to speak before the Council
should complete a public comment card prior to the comment period.
--Recess--
Council Session Agenda, Thursday, January 29, 2015, 8:30 a.m. until 4
p.m.:
8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: The Council will receive a committee report from
the Reef Fish Management Committee
1 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: The Council will receive committee reports from the
Data Collection Management Committee, Gulf SEDAR Management Committee,
Administrative Policy Committee and Mackerel Management Committee.
3:30 p.m.-4 p.m.: The Council will review Other Business items:
Financial Disclosure Requirements.
--Adjourn--
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be
posted on the Council's file server, which can be accessed by going to
the Council Web site at http://www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on FTP
Server under Quick Links. For meeting materials see folder ``Briefing
Books/Briefing Book 2015-01'' on Gulf Council file server. The username
and password are both ``gulfguest''. The meetings will be webcast over
the internet. A link to the webcast will be available on the Council's
Web site, http://www.gulfcouncil.org.
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 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: January 6, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-00148 Filed 1-8-15; 8:45 am]
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