[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12839-12840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6506]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XO35


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 
convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held April 14-17, 2009.

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ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the W New Orleans, 333 Poydras 
St., New Orleans, LA 70130.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Interim Executive 
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 
348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

    Thursday, April 16, 2009--The Council meeting will begin at 1:30 
p.m. with a review of the agenda and minutes.
    From 1:45 p.m.-2:45 p.m., the Council will receive public testimony 
on exempted fishing permits (EFPs), if any; and Open Public Comment 
Period regarding any fishery issue of concern. People wishing to speak 
before the Council should complete a public comment card prior to the 
comment period.
    From 2:45 p.m.-5 p.m., the Council will review and discuss the 
report of the committee meetings as follows: Budget/Personnel; Data 
Collection; Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem; CLOSED SESSION--AP 
Selection and SSC Selection.

Friday, April 17, 2009

    From 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-2 p.m., the Council will 
continue to review and discuss reports from the committee meetings as 
follows: Administrative Policy; Outreach & Education; AP Selection; SSC 
Selection; and Reef Fish Management.
    From 2 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Other Business items will follow. The 
Council will conclude its meeting at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Committees

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

    8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.--CLOSED SESSION--The AP Selection Committee will 
meet to select members of Council Advisory Panels.
    10 a.m.-12 p.m.--CLOSED SESSION--The SSC Selection Committee will 
meet to review the SSC Job Description and select members of the 
Scientific and Statistical Committees.
    1:30 p.m.-2 p.m.--The Budget/Personnel Committee will meet to 
review the 2009 Budget.
    2 p.m.-5:30 p.m.--The Data Collection Committee will listen to 
presentations on Olfish/Environmental Defense Electronic Logbook Pilot 
Project; North Carolina Text Message Based Reporting Pilot Project and 
CLS America's Satellite Based Environmental Data Collection, as well 
as, report from the GSMFC FIN Committee Meeting.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

    8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.--The Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem Committee 
will meet to discuss a Paper for Generic ACL/AM Amendment and select 
Scoping Hearing Locations.
    9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.--5:30 p.m.--The Reef Fish 
Management Committee will meet to discuss the Draft Reef Fish Amendment 
31/DEIS to address Longline/Turtle Interactions; SEP Meeting Report; 
Allocation of Species in Reef Fish Amendments 30A & 30B; a Status 
Report from the Gag/Red Grouper Update Assessment workshop; a potential 
Reef Fish IFQ Amendment and a potential New Recreational Catch 
Accountability and Reporting AP.
    5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.--There will be an Informal Open Public Question 
and Answer Session.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

    8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.--The Administrative Policy Committee will 
discuss Draft Changes to SOPPs from MSRA.
    10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.--The Outreach & Education Committee will meet to 
discuss the Report from the Outreach and Education AP Meeting.
    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 
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 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 Magunson-Stevens 
Act, 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 Tina O'Hern at the Council (see 
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: March 20, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-6506 Filed 3-24-09; 8:45 am]
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