83_FR_34259 83 FR 34120 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

83 FR 34120 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 139 (July 19, 2018)

Page Range34120-34121
FR Document2018-15467

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a public hearing via webinar to solicit public comments on Amendment 13-- Spiny Lobster for Management in the Gulf of Mexico.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34120-34121]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15467]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG361


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 hold a 
public hearing via webinar to solicit public comments on Amendment 13--
Spiny Lobster for Management in the Gulf of Mexico.

DATES: The webinar will convene on Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 6 
p.m. to 9 p.m., EDT. The webinar will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude 
no later than 9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held via webinar. Council 
address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 4701 W Spruce 
Street, Suite 200, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The agenda for the following webinar is as

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follows: Council staff will brief the public on the purpose and need of 
the amendment. The Council is currently considering aligning federal 
regulations in the EEZ off Florida with those of the state of Florida 
and creating an enhanced cooperative management procedure with Florida 
for federal waters off Florida. Council staff will also provide an 
overview of the actions and alternatives considered in the amendment 
including the Council preferred alternatives. Staff and a Council 
member will be available to answer any questions and the public will 
have the opportunity to provide testimony on the amendment and other 
related testimony. The schedule is as follows:
    Tuesday, August 2, 2018; Webinar 6 p.m.--9 p.m. EST at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/552356550647070721.
    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the webinar.

--Meeting Adjourns

    The public hearing will be broadcast via webinar. You may also 
register for the webinar by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking 
on the Public Hearing meeting on the calendar.

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: July 16, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-15467 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
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34120 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 139 / Thursday, July 19, 2018 / Notices the RCR. The RCR permit holder is DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE can be found at http:// responsible for submitting this payment sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/ to NMFS on or before July 31, in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric welcome.html. year following the crab fishing year in Administration Matters to be Considered: The which landings of crab were made. meeting will provide an opportunity for Sanctuary System Business Advisory council members to hear news from The dollar amount of the fee due is Council: Public Meeting determined by multiplying the fee across the National Marine Sanctuary percentage (not to exceed 3 percent) by AGENCY: Office of National Marine System and review and comment on Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean program initiatives. For a complete the ex-vessel value of crab debited from Service (NOS), National Oceanic and agenda, including times and topics, the allocation. Specific details on the Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), please visit http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ Program’s cost recovery provision may Department of Commerce (DOC). management/bac/meetings.html. This be found in the implementing ACTION: Notice of open meeting. meeting notice is being issued under regulations at 50 CFR 680.44. Section 315 of the National Marine Fee Percentage SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1445A. meeting of the Sanctuary System Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq. Each year, NMFS calculates and Business Advisory Council (council). publishes in the Federal Register the fee The meeting is open to the public, and (Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog percentage according to the factors and participants may provide comments at Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) methodology described at § 680.44(c)(2). the appropriate time during the meeting. Dated: June 27, 2018. The formula for determining the fee DATES: The meeting will be held John Armor, percentage is the ‘‘direct program costs’’ Wednesday, August 22, 2018, from 9:00 Director, Office of National Marine divided by ‘‘value of the fishery,’’ where a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, and an opportunity Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, ‘‘direct program costs’’ are the direct for public comment will be provided National Oceanic and Atmospheric program costs for the Program for the around 4:00 p.m. ET. Both these times Administration. previous fiscal year, and ‘‘value of the and agenda topics are subject to change. [FR Doc. 2018–15452 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] fishery’’ is the ex-vessel value of the ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P catch subject to the crab cost recovery JetBlue Airways Corporation, 27–01 fee liability for the current year. Fee Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, collections for any given year may be NY 11101. The meeting agenda, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE less than, or greater than, the actual including times and topics, can be found here: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric costs and fishery value for that year, Administration because, by regulation, the fee management/bac/meetings.html. percentage is established in the first FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RIN 0648–XG361 quarter of a crab fishery year based on LeAnn Hogan, Office of National Marine the fishery value and the costs of the Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management prior year. Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (Phone: Council; Public Meeting 240–533–0679; Fax: 301–713–0404; AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Based upon the fee percentage Email: LeAnn.Hogan@noaa.gov). Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and formula described above, the estimated SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), percentage of costs to value for the 2017/2018 fishery was 1.85 percent. serves as the trustee for a network of Commerce. Therefore, the fee percentage will be underwater parks encompassing more ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. than 600,000 square miles of marine and 1.85 percent for the 2018/2019 crab Great Lakes waters from Washington SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery fishing year. This is an increase of 0.28 State to the Florida Keys, and from Lake Management Council will hold a public percent from the 2017/2018 fee Huron to American Samoa. The network hearing via webinar to solicit public percentage of 1.57 percent (81 FR 32329, includes a system of 13 national marine comments on Amendment 13—Spiny July 13, 2017). Although direct program sanctuaries and Papahānaumokuākea Lobster for Management in the Gulf of costs for managing the fishery increased and Rose Atoll marine national Mexico. by 2.9 percent from 2016/2017 to 2017/ monuments. National marine 2018, the increase in the fee percentage DATES: The webinar will convene on sanctuaries protect our nation’s most Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 6 p.m. was more affected by a $24.0 million vital coastal and marine natural and decrease in the value of the crab to 9 p.m., EDT. The webinar will begin cultural resources, and through active at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later harvested under the Program. Similar to research, management, and public previous years, the largest direct than 9 p.m. engagement, sustain healthy program costs are incurred by the ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be environments that are the foundation for Alaska Department of Fish and Game thriving communities and stable held via webinar. Council address: Gulf and the NOAA Office of Law economies. One of the many ways of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Enforcement. ONMS ensures public participation in 4701 W Spruce Street, Suite 200, the designation and management of Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348– Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109– national marine sanctuaries is through 1630. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 241; Pub. L. 109–479. the formation of advisory councils. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dated: July 16, 2018. Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf Sanctuary System Business Advisory Jennifer M. Wallace, Council (council) has been formed to of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Acting Director, Office of Sustainable provide advice and recommendations to morgan.kilgour@gulfcouncil.org, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. the Director regarding the relationship telephone: (813) 348–1630. [FR Doc. 2018–15468 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] of ONMS with the business community. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 139 / Thursday, July 19, 2018 / Notices 34121 follows: Council staff will brief the July 26, 2018. For specific dates, times, and protect coral reef ecosystems. Co- public on the purpose and need of the and locations of the public meetings, see chaired by the Departments of amendment. The Council is currently SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Commerce and Interior, Task Force considering aligning federal regulations DATES: The meeting will be held members include leaders of 12 federal in the EEZ off Florida with those of the Thursday, August 16, 2018, from 8:00 agencies, seven U.S. states and state of Florida and creating an a.m. to 5:00 p.m. territories and three freely associated enhanced cooperative management ADDRESSES: You may submit comments states. procedure with Florida for federal on to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force by The meeting will be held Thursday, waters off Florida. Council staff will any of the following methods: August 16, 2018, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 also provide an overview of the actions Public Meeting and Oral Comments: p.m. in Pago Pago, American Samoa at and alternatives considered in the A public meeting will be held in Pago the Rex H. Lee Auditorium, Highway 1, amendment including the Council Pago, American Samoa at the Rex H. Lee Utulei. preferred alternatives. Staff and a Auditorium, Highway 1, Utulei. Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Council member will be available to Written Comments: Please direct written comments to Jennifer Koss, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Ocean answer any questions and the public Services and Coastal Zone Management, will have the opportunity to provide NOAA USCRTF Steering Committee National Oceanic and Atmospheric testimony on the amendment and other Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef Administration. related testimony. The schedule is as Conservation Program, 1305 East-West [FR Doc. 2018–15453 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] follows: Highway, N/OCRM, Silver Spring, MD BILLING CODE P Tuesday, August 2, 2018; Webinar 6 20910. p.m.—9 p.m. EST at: https:// FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: register.gotowebinar.com/register/ Jennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 552356550647070721. Committee Point of Contact, NOAA After registering, you will receive a Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305 National Oceanic and Atmospheric confirmation email containing East-West Highway, N/OCRM, Silver Administration information about joining the webinar. Spring, MD 20910 at 301–533–0777 or RIN 0648–XG339 —Meeting Adjourns Liza Johnson, USCRTF Executive The public hearing will be broadcast Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, South Atlantic Fishery Management via webinar. You may also register for MS–3530–MIB, 1849 C Street NW, Council; Public Meetings the webinar by visiting Washington, DC 20240 at (202) 208– www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the 5004 or visit the USCRTF website at AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Public Hearing meeting on the calendar. http://www.coralreef.gov. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Special Accommodations Commerce. meeting provides a forum for This meeting is physically accessible ACTION: Notice of public scoping coordinated planning and action among to people with disabilities. Requests for meetings. federal agencies, state and territorial sign language interpretation or other governments, and nongovernmental auxiliary aids should be directed to SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery partners. Registration is requested for all Kathy Pereira at the Gulf Council Office Management Council (Council) will events associated with the meeting. This (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days hold a series of public scoping meetings meeting has time allotted for public prior to the meeting. via webinar pertaining to three comment. All public comments must be Dated: July 16, 2018. amendments to the Snapper Grouper submitted in written format. A written Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Tracey L. Thompson, summary of the meeting will be posted South Atlantic Region. Amendment 47 Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable on the USCRTF website within two considers modifications to the federally Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. months of occurrence. For information permitted South Atlantic snapper [FR Doc. 2018–15467 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] about the meeting, registering and grouper for-hire fishery. Regulatory BILLING CODE 3510–22–P submitting public comments, go to Amendment 29 considers options to http://www.coralreef.gov. Commenters may address the implement best fishing practices and meeting, the role of the USCRTF, or remove powerhead restrictions in the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE general coral reef conservation issues. federal waters off the coast of South National Oceanic and Atmospheric Before including your address, phone Carolina. Regulatory Amendment 32 Administration number, email address, or other addresses options for revisions to the in- personal identifying information in your season accountability measures for Coral Reef Conservation Program comments, you should be aware that yellowtail snapper. your entire comment, including DATES: The scoping meetings will be AGENCY: Coral Reef Conservation Program, Office for Coastal personal identifying information may be held via webinar on the following dates: Management, National Ocean Service, made publicly available at any time. Amendment 47—August 6, August 9, National Oceanic and Atmospheric While you can ask us in your comment and August 14, 2018; Regulatory Administration, U.S. Department of to withhold your personal identifying Amendment 29—August 7 and August 8, 2018 and; Regulatory Amendment sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Commerce information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to 32—August 15 and August 16, 2018. ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting, Notice of Public Comment. do so. ADDRESSES: The scoping meetings will Established by Presidential Executive be conducted via webinar. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef Council address: South Atlantic public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force mission is to lead, Fishery Management Council, 4055 Task Force (USCRTF). 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Document Created: 2018-07-19 01:34:40
Document Modified: 2018-07-19 01:34:40
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a public meeting.
DatesThe webinar will convene on Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., EDT. The webinar will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later than 9 p.m.
ContactDr. Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; [email protected], telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FR Citation83 FR 34120 
RIN Number0648-XG36
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