[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20957-20959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9055]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA365
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene
Public Hearings on: Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico;
Joint
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Amendment 10 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf
of Mexico and South Atlantic; Generic Annual Catch Limits/
Accountability Measures Amendment for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council's Red Drum, Reef Fish, Shrimp, Coral and Coral
Reefs, and Stony Crab Fishery Management Plans.
DATES: The public meetings will be held on May 2, 2011 through May 18,
2011 at fourteen locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The public
hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later than 9 p.m.
For specific dates, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at locations listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director/Senior Fishery Biologist, Dr. Steven Atran, Population
Dynamics Statistician and Dr. Carrie Simmons, Fishery Biologist; Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold public
hearings on Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Including Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and
Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis. Amendment 18 contains alternatives
for actions to set Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures if
such limits are exceeded for Gulf group king mackerel, Gulf group
Spanish mackerel, and Gulf group cobia. It also contains measures to
remove cero, little tunny, dolphin, and bluefish from the fishery
management plan, revise the framework procedure, and separate cobia
into Atlantic and Gulf migratory groups. Similar measures are being
proposed for the Atlantic migratory stocks.
Spiny Lobster
Public hearings will be held on Joint Amendment 10 to the Spiny
Lobster Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of Mexico and South
Atlantic. Joint Amendment 10 establishes Annual Catch Limits and
Accountability Measures for Caribbean spiny lobster as required by the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. This amendment includes additional actions
addressing modifications to the Fishery Management Unit, updates to
protocol for Enhanced Cooperative Management, regulations regarding the
possession of undersized lobsters or ``shorts'' as attractants for the
commercial trap fishery, permit requirements for tailing spiny lobster,
sector allocations, limiting spiny lobster fishing areas to protect
threatened staghorn and elkhorn corals, and requirements for gear
marking of all spiny lobster trap lines.
Reef Fish
Amendment 32--This amendment will establish annual catch limits and
annual catch targets for 2012 to 2015 for gag and for 2012 for red
grouper, and contains actions to establish a rebuilding plan for gag,
set recreational bag limits, size limits and closed seasons for gag/red
grouper in 2012, consider a commercial gag and shallow-water grouper
quota adjustment to account for dead discards, make adjustment to
multi-use IFQ shares in the grouper individual fishing quota program,
reduce the commercial gag size limit, modify the offshore time and
areas closures, and establish gag, red grouper, and shallow-water
grouper accountability measures.
Generic Amendment
Public hearings will also be held to receive comments on the
Generic Annual Catch Limits/Accountability measures Amendment for the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Red Drum, Reef Fish,
Shrimp, Coral and Coral Reefs, and Stone Crab Fishery Management Plans.
This amendment contains actions to delegate management of selected
species to the other agencies, remove selected species from the fishery
management plans, group species for purposes of setting annual catch
limits and annual catch targets, establish and acceptable biological
catch control rule, establish an annual catch limit/annual catch target
control rule, establish a generic framework procedure for implementing
management changes, establish the initial specification of annual catch
limits and annual catch targets for stocks and stock groups still in
need of such specification, establish the apportionment of the black
grouper, yellow tail snapper, and mutton snapper stocks between the
Gulf and South Atlantic Council jurisdictions, set a commercial and
recreational allocation of black grouper within in the Gulf Council's
jurisdiction, and establish accountability measures to keep catch
levels within their annual catch limits or take corrective action if
they exceed the limits.
The Public Hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at the end of
public testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the following locations:
Monday, May 2, 2011
ACL--Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540-0050;
ACL--Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue, Fort
Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936-4300;
Mackerel--Best Western, 7921 Lamar Poole Road, Biloxi, MS
39532, telephone: (228) 875-7111;
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Amend 32--Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540-0050;
Amend 32--Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue,
Fort Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936-4300;
Mackerel--Fairfield Inn & Suites, 3111 Loop Road, Orange
Beach, FL 36561, telephone: (251) 543-4444;
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Amend 32--Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway,
Marathon, FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743-3500;
Mackerel--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400
S. Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-
4681;
Thursday, May 5, 2011
ACL--Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon,
FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743-3500;
Monday, May 9, 2011
Mackerel/Spiny Lobster, Sirata Beach Resort, 5300 Gulf
Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, FL 33706, telephone: (727) 363-5176;
ACL/Amend 32--Renaissance Riverview Plaza, 64 South Water
Street, Mobile, AL 36602;
ACL--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400 S.
Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-4681;
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Amend 32/ACL--Hilton, 5400 Seawall Blvd., Galveston, TX
77551, telephone: (409) 744-1757;
Amend 32/ACL--Best Western, 7921 Lamar Poole Road, Biloxi,
MS 39532, telephone: (228) 875-7111;
Amend 32--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400
S. Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-
4681;
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Amend 32--Harte Research Institute, Conference Room, 6300
Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869, telephone: (361) 825-2000;
Amend 32/ACL--Hilton Garden Inn, 4535 Williams Blvd.,
Kenner, LA 70065, telephone: (504) 712-0109;
Thursday, May 12, 2011
ACL--Plantation Suites and Conference Center, 1909 Highway
361, Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone: (361) 749-3866;
Monday, May 16, 2011
Mackerel--Fisheries Research Lab, 195 Ludwig Annex, Grand
Isle, LA 70358, telephone: (985) 787-2163;
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Mackerel--Hampton Inn, 506 West Bay Area Blvd., Webster,
TX 77598, telephone: (281) 332-7952;
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mackerel--Plantation Suites and Conference Center, 1909
Highway 361, Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone: (361) 749-3866.
Copies of the documents can be obtained by calling (813) 348-1630.
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: April 11, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-9055 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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