83 FR 57721 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 222 (November 16, 2018)

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold ten in-person public hearings and a webinar public hearing to solicit public comments on Draft Amendment 50--State Management of Recreational Red Snapper.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 57721]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25055]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG622


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public hearings and webinar.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold ten in-person public hearings and a webinar public hearing to 
solicit public comments on Draft Amendment 50--State Management of 
Recreational Red Snapper.

DATES: The public hearings will take place December 3, 2018-January 17, 
2019. The meetings and webinar will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude 
no later than 9 p.m. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. Written public comments must be received on or before 5 
p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The public documents can be obtained by contacting the Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 4107 West Spruce Street, Suite 
200, Tampa, FL 33607; (813) 348-1630 or on their website at 
www.gulfcouncil.org.
    Meeting addresses: The public hearings will be held in Pensacola, 
Destin, Ft. Myers, and St. Petersburg, FL; Mobile, AL; Baton Rouge, LA; 
Biloxi, MS; and Brownsville, Corpus Christi, and League City, TX. For 
specific locations, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Public comments: Comments may be submitted online through the 
Council's public portal by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on 
``CONTACT US''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ava Lasseter, Anthropologist; 
[email protected], Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the following ten in-person 
hearings and one webinar are as follows: Council staff will brief the 
public on the purpose and need of the amendment. The Council is 
currently considering state management that would provide flexibility 
to the Gulf states to set the recreational red snapper fishing season 
and potentially other management measures. Council staff will also 
provide an overview of the actions and alternatives considered in the 
amendment including the Council's preferred alternatives.
    Staff and a State Representative 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:

Locations

    Monday, December 3, 2018; Sanders Beach-Corrine Jones Center, 913 
South I Street, Pensacola, FL 35202; telephone: (850) 436-5670.
    Tuesday, December 4, 2018; City of Destin Community Center, 101 
Stahlman Ave., Destin, FL 32541; telephone: (850) 654-5184.
    Wednesday, December 5, 2018; Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza 
Hotel, 64 South Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602; telephone: (251) 438-
4000.
    Monday, December 10, 2018; Embassy Suites, 4914 Constitution 
Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA 70808; telephone: (225) 228-7164.
    Tuesday December 11, 2018; Imperial Palace (IP) Casino and Resort, 
850 Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39530; telephone: (228) 436-3000.
    Monday, January 7, 2019; Hyatt Place Fort Myers at the Forum; 2600 
Champion Ring Road, Ft. Myers, FL 33905; telephone: (239) 418-1844.
    Tuesday, January 8, 2019; Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park, 950 
Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716; telephone: (727) 540-
0050.
    Monday, January 14, 2019; Courtyard by Marriott Brownsville, 3955 N 
Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520; telephone: (956) 350-4600.
    Tuesday, January 15, 2019; Omni Hotels Corpus Christi, 900 North 
Shoreline Blvd., Corpus Christi, TX 78401; telephone: (361) 887-1600.
    Wednesday, January 16, 2019; League City Civic Center and 
Recreation Center, 300 West Walker St., League City, TX 77573; 
telephone: (281) 554-1190.
    Thursday, January 17, 2019, Webinar--6 p.m. EST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2288573373994739724. After 
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing 
information about joining the webinar.

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 (see ADDRESSES), at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: November 13, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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