81 FR 18837 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 63 (April 1, 2016)

The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils will hold a Joint Spiny Lobster Advisory Panel (AP) meeting.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18837-18838]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07409]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE545


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 and South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Councils will hold a Joint Spiny Lobster Advisory Panel (AP) meeting.

DATES: The meeting will convene on Monday, April 25, 2016, 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Marriott Key Largo Bay 
hotel, 103800 Overseas Highway, Mile Marker 103.8, Key Largo, FL 33037; 
telephone: (305) 453-0000.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 
[email protected], telephone: (813) 348-1630; and Kari 
Maclauchlin, Fishery Social Scientist; [email protected], 
telephone: (843) 571-4366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The meeting will begin with election of a chair and vice chair for 
the Gulf advisory panel (AP); the South Atlantic AP will hold elections 
later in the meeting. The first item on the agenda is to review spiny 
lobster landings and the

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reports from the 2015 and the 2016 Review Panels. The APs will discuss 
annual catch target and annual catch limit overages and will be 
presented with an overview of different metrics that could be used to 
calculate new metrics. The APs will be presented with spiny lobster 
fishery issues. The APs will review and discuss the spiny lobster 
closed areas established in Amendment 11 and will review the proposed 
coral habitat areas of particular concern for the Gulf Council. The 
final agenda item is other business.
    --Meeting Adjourns--
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with 
other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file server. To 
access the file server, the URL is https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or go to the Council's Web site and click on the FTP 
link in the lower left of the Council Web site (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The username and password are both ``gulfguest''. 
Click on the ``Library Folder'', then scroll down to ``Joint Spiny 
Lobster AP meeting-2016-04''.
    The meeting 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 other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the Advisory Panel for discussion, in accordance with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues 
may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Actions of 
the Advisory Panel will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in the agenda 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 action to 
address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This 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 Gulf Council Office (see 
ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: March 29, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-07409 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
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