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Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) has scheduled a series of
scoping hearings to solicit public
comment on two draft scoping
documents. The first, Joint Reef Fish
Amendment 27/Shrimp 14 proposes
actions that deal with adjustments to the
total allowable catch (TAC) for red
snapper, size limits, bag limits,
recreational season dates, and the
certification of new shrimp bycatch
reduction devices (BRDs). The
amendment will also look at directed
fishery gear restrictions and depth
restrictions on the commercial fishery.
The second document, Joint Reef Fish
Amendment 28/Shrimp 15, will
consider such issues as shrimp trawl
gear limits, limitations of shrimp vessel
permit transferability, further reducing
bycatch, shrimp fishery bycatch quota
and quota monitoring, vessel monitoring
systems (VMS), possible area closures
for shrimp, and other management
alternatives.
The scoping hearings will begin at 7
p.m. and conclude at the end of public
testimony or no later than 10 p.m. at
each of the following locations:
Monday, January 23, 2006, Four
Points by Sheraton, 3777 North
Expressway, Brownsville, TX 78520,
telephone: (956) 547–1500;
Monday, January 23, 2006, Holiday
Inn Mobile I–10 Bellingrath Gardens,
5465 Highway 90 West, Mobile, AL
36619, telephone: (251) 666–5600;
Tuesday, January 24, 2006,
University of Texas Marine Science
Institute Auditorium, 750 Channel View
Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373,
telephone: (361) 749–6711;
Tuesday, January 24, 2006, LaFont
Inn, 2703 Denny Avenue, Pascagoula,
MS 39567, telephone: (228) 762–7111;
Wednesday, January 25, 2006,
Holiday Inn Galveston, 5002 Seawall
Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77550,
telephone: (409) 740–3581
Wednesday, January 25, 2006, Hilton
Garden Inn Orange Beach, 23092
Perdido Beach Boulevard, Orange
Beach, AL 36561, telephone: (251) 974–
1600;
Thursday, January 26, 2006, Larose
Regional Park Gym, 307 East 5th Street,
Larose, LA 70373, telephone: (985) 693–
7355;
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Thursday, January 26, 2006, National
Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory,
3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama
City, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 234–
6541;
Monday, January 30, 2006, Tampa
Marriott Westshore, 1001 North
Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33607,
(813) 287–2555; and
Tuesday, January 31, 2006,
DoubleTree Grand Key Resort, 3990
South Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West,
FL 33040, telephone: (305) 293–1818.
Copies of the scoping documents and
related materials can be obtained by
calling the Council office at (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 Dawn Aring at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: January 5, 2006.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Marine Fisheries Service, Office of
International Affairs, 1315 East-West
Highway, SSMC3 Room 12603, Silver
Spring, MD 20910. Prospective
Congressional advisors to the delegation
should contact the Department of State
directly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheri McCarty, 301–713–9090, Ext. 183.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Secretary of Commerce is charged with
the responsibility of discharging the
obligations of the United States under
the International Convention for the
Regulation of Whaling, 1946. The U.S.
Commissioner has primary
responsibility for the preparation and
negotiation of U.S. positions on
international issues concerning whaling
and for all matters involving the IWC.
He is staffed by the Department of
Commerce and assisted by the
Department of State, the Department of
the Interior, the Marine Mammal
Commission, and by other agencies. The
non-federal representative selected as a
result of this nomination process is
responsible for providing input and
recommendations to the U.S. IWC
Commissioner representing the
positions of non-governmental
organizations.
The intersessional RMS Working
Group meeting will be held February 28
- March 2, 2006, in Cambridge, UK, at
the University Arms Hotel.
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International Whaling Commission;
Intersessional Revised Management
Scheme Working Group Meeting;
Nominations
Dated: January 5, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is a call for
nominees for one non-federal position
to the U.S. Delegation to the February 28
- March 2, 2006, International Whaling
Commission (IWC) intersessional
Revised Management Scheme (RMS)
Working Group meeting.
DATES: All nominations for the U.S.
Delegation to the IWC intersessional
RMS Working Group meeting must be
received by January 31, 2006.
ADDRESSES: All nominations for the U.S.
Delegation to the IWC intersessional
RMS Working Group meeting should be
addressed to Dr. Bill Hogarth, Acting
U.S. Commissioner to the IWC, and sent
via post to: Cheri McCarty, National
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010406A]
International Whaling Commission; Intersessional Revised
Management Scheme Working Group Meeting; Nominations
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: This notice is a call for nominees for one non-federal
position to the U.S. Delegation to the February 28 - March 2, 2006,
International Whaling Commission (IWC) intersessional Revised
Management Scheme (RMS) Working Group meeting.
DATES: All nominations for the U.S. Delegation to the IWC
intersessional RMS Working Group meeting must be received by January
31, 2006.
ADDRESSES: All nominations for the U.S. Delegation to the IWC
intersessional RMS Working Group meeting should be addressed to Dr.
Bill Hogarth, Acting U.S. Commissioner to the IWC, and sent via post
to: Cheri McCarty, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of
International Affairs, 1315 East-West Highway, SSMC3 Room 12603, Silver
Spring, MD 20910. Prospective Congressional advisors to the delegation
should contact the Department of State directly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheri McCarty, 301-713-9090, Ext. 183.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Commerce is charged with
the responsibility of discharging the obligations of the United States
under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946.
The U.S. Commissioner has primary responsibility for the preparation
and negotiation of U.S. positions on international issues concerning
whaling and for all matters involving the IWC. He is staffed by the
Department of Commerce and assisted by the Department of State, the
Department of the Interior, the Marine Mammal Commission, and by other
agencies. The non-federal representative selected as a result of this
nomination process is responsible for providing input and
recommendations to the U.S. IWC Commissioner representing the positions
of non-governmental organizations.
The intersessional RMS Working Group meeting will be held February
28 - March 2, 2006, in Cambridge, UK, at the University Arms Hotel.
Dated: January 5, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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