80_FR_11214 80 FR 11174 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

80 FR 11174 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 40 (March 2, 2015)

Page Range11174-11174
FR Document2015-04209

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP) in conjunction with the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission's Law Enforcement Committee (LEC).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-04209]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD802


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 (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP) in 
conjunction with the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission's Law 
Enforcement Committee (LEC).

DATES: The meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on 
Tuesday, March 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Grand Hotel Point 
Clear Resort & Spa, 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. Steven Atran, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 
348-1630; fax: (813) 348-1711; email: [email protected] and 
Mr. Steve Vanderkooy, Inter-jurisdictional Fisheries Coordinator, Gulf 
States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228) 875-5912; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion on the agenda are as 
follows:

Joint Gulf Council's Law Enforcement Advisory Panel and Gulf States 
Marine Fisheries Commission's Law Enforcement Committee Meeting Agenda, 
Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 Noon

1. Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of October 20, 2014 LEC/LEAP Meeting
3. Current GMFMC Amendments and Framework Actions
    a. Reef Fish Amendment 39--Red Snapper Regional Management
    b. South Florida Management Issues
4. IUU Fishing Issues and Possible Council/Commission Actions
    a. Presentation on IUU fishing--Mexican lanchas
    b. GSMFC IUU letter
    c. Proposed MSA Reauthorization language
    d. Ideas for actions by Council and Commission
    i. Develop a smartphone app for reporting violations
    ii. Discussion of ways to avoid waste of seized fish
    iii. other
    e. Other
5. Proposed Officer of the Year Award program
6. IJF Program Activity
    a. Blue Crab
    b. Gulf Menhaden
    c. Gulf and Southern Flounder
    d. Tripletail
7. State Report Highlights
    a. Florida
    b. Alabama
    c. Mississippi
    d. Louisiana
    e. Texas
    f. USCG
    g. NOAA OLE
    h. USFWS
8. Other Business
--Adjourn--

    The Law Enforcement Advisory Panel consists of principal law 
enforcement officers in each of the Gulf States, as well as the NOAA 
Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, 
and the NOAA General Counsel for Law Enforcement.
    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 this meeting. 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

    The meeting is 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 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-04209 Filed 2-27-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                    from warehouse, for consumption on or                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                   b. GSMFC IUU letter
                                                    after the date of publication of the final                                                                       c. Proposed MSA Reauthorization
                                                    results of this review, except that cash                National Oceanic and Atmospheric                            language
                                                    deposits of zero percent will be required               Administration                                           d. Ideas for actions by Council and
                                                    for entries from DeCecco because its                                                                                Commission
                                                                                                            RIN 0648–XD802
                                                    subsidy rate is de minimis. For all non-                                                                         i. Develop a smartphone app for
                                                    reviewed companies (except Barilla G. e                 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management                           reporting violations
                                                    R. F.lli S.p.A. and Gruppo Agricoltura                  Council; Public Meeting                                  ii. Discussion of ways to avoid waste
                                                    Sana S.r.l., which are excluded from the                                                                            of seized fish
                                                    order,11 and Pasta Lensi S.r.l., which                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                       iii. other
                                                    was revoked from the Order),12 we will                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                     e. Other
                                                    instruct CBP to continue to collect cash                Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    5. Proposed Officer of the Year Award
                                                    deposits at the most recent company-                    Commerce.                                                   program
                                                                                                            ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
                                                                                                                                                                  6. IJF Program Activity
                                                    specific or all-others rate applicable to
                                                                                                                                                                     a. Blue Crab
                                                    the company. Accordingly, the cash                                                                               b. Gulf Menhaden
                                                    deposit rates that will be applied to                   SUMMARY:   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
                                                                                                            Management Council (Council) will                        c. Gulf and Southern Flounder
                                                    companies covered by the Order, but                                                                              d. Tripletail
                                                    not examined in this review, are those                  hold a meeting of its Law Enforcement
                                                                                                            Advisory Panel (LEAP) in conjunction                  7. State Report Highlights
                                                    established in the most recently                                                                                 a. Florida
                                                    completed segment of the proceeding                     with the Gulf States Marine Fisheries
                                                                                                                                                                     b. Alabama
                                                    for each company. These cash deposit                    Commission’s Law Enforcement
                                                                                                                                                                     c. Mississippi
                                                    requirements, when imposed, shall                       Committee (LEC).                                         d. Louisiana
                                                    remain in effect until further notice.                  DATES: The meeting will be held from                     e. Texas
                                                                                                            8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday,                      f. USCG
                                                    Administrative Protective Order                         March 17, 2015.                                          g. NOAA OLE
                                                      This notice serves as a final reminder                ADDRESSES:                                               h. USFWS
                                                    to parties subject to administrative                      Meeting address: The meeting will be                8. Other Business
                                                    protective order (APO) of their                         held at the Grand Hotel Point Clear                   —Adjourn—
                                                    responsibility concerning the                           Resort & Spa, One Grand Boulevard,                       The Law Enforcement Advisory Panel
                                                    disposition of proprietary information                  Point Clear, AL 36564. Telephone: (251)               consists of principal law enforcement
                                                    disclosed under APO in accordance                       928–9201.                                             officers in each of the Gulf States, as
                                                    with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely                         Council address: Gulf of Mexico                     well as the NOAA Law Enforcement,
                                                    written notification of return or                       Fishery Management Council, 2203                      U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S.
                                                    destruction of APO materials or                         North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,                 Coast Guard, and the NOAA General
                                                    conversion to judicial protective order is              FL 33607.                                             Counsel for Law Enforcement.
                                                    hereby requested. Failure to comply                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.                     Although non-emergency issues not
                                                    with the regulations and the terms of an                Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist,               contained in this agenda may come
                                                    APO is a sanctionable violation.                        Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management                     before this group for discussion, those
                                                      We are issuing and publishing these                   Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630; fax:              issues may not be the subject of formal
                                                    results in accordance with sections                     (813) 348–1711; email: steven.atran@                  action during this meeting. Action will
                                                    751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19               gulfcouncil.org and Mr. Steve                         be restricted to those issues specifically
                                                    CFR 351.213.                                            Vanderkooy, Inter-jurisdictional                      identified in this notice and any issues
                                                                                                            Fisheries Coordinator, Gulf States                    arising after publication of this notice
                                                      Dated: February 23, 2015.
                                                                                                            Marine Fisheries Commission;                          that require emergency action under
                                                    Paul Piquado,                                                                                                 section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
                                                    Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
                                                                                                            telephone: (228) 875–5912; email:
                                                                                                            svanderkooy@gsmfc.org.                                Fishery Conservation and Management
                                                    Compliance.                                                                                                   Act, provided the public has been
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items
                                                    Appendix                                                                                                      notified of the Council’s intent to take
                                                                                                            of discussion on the agenda are as
                                                                                                                                                                  final action to address the emergency.
                                                    List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and              follows:
                                                    Decision Memorandum                                                                                           Special Accommodations
                                                                                                            Joint Gulf Council’s Law Enforcement
                                                    1. Summary                                              Advisory Panel and Gulf States Marine                   The meeting is physically accessible
                                                    2. Background                                                                                                 to people with disabilities. Requests for
                                                    3. Scope of the Order
                                                                                                            Fisheries Commission’s Law
                                                                                                            Enforcement Committee Meeting                         sign language interpretation or other
                                                    4. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
                                                         Adverse Inferences                                 Agenda, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 8:30                 auxiliary aids should be directed to
                                                    5. Subsidy Valuation Information                        a.m. Until 12 Noon                                    Kathy Pereira at the Council Office (see
                                                    6. Analysis of Programs                                                                                       ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days
                                                                                                            1. Adoption of Agenda                                 prior to the meeting.
                                                    7. Analysis of Comment: Application of
                                                                                                            2. Approval of Minutes of October 20,
                                                         Adverse Facts Available (AFA) for Sgravi                                                                   Note: The times and sequence specified in
                                                         Programs                                                 2014 LEC/LEAP Meeting
                                                                                                            3. Current GMFMC Amendments and                       this agenda are subject to change.
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                                                    8. Recommendation
                                                                                                                  Framework Actions                                 Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                                    [FR Doc. 2015–04340 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                               a. Reef Fish Amendment 39—Red
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                                                                                                                  Snapper Regional Management                       Dated: February 24, 2015.
                                                                                                               b. South Florida Management Issues                 Tracey L. Thompson,
                                                      11 SeeOrder, 61 FR at 38545.                          4. IUU Fishing Issues and Possible                    Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                      12 SeeCertain Pasta from Italy: Final Results of
                                                                                                                  Council/Commission Actions                      Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                    the Ninth Countervailing Duty Administrative
                                                    Review and Notice of Revocation of Order, in Part,         a. Presentation on IUU fishing—                    [FR Doc. 2015–04209 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am]
                                                    71 FR 36318, 36319–36320 (June 26, 2006).                     Mexican lanchas                                 BILLING CODE 3510–22–P




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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
ContactMr. Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630; fax: (813) 348-1711; email: [email protected] and Mr. Steve Vanderkooy, Inter-jurisdictional Fisheries Coordinator, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228) 875-5912; email: [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 11174 
RIN Number0648-XD80

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