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(mortality, parasite production) within
the juvenile SONCC coho salmon host.
Annually, Dr. Bartholomew proposes to
collect, transport, and euthanize 360
juvenile SONCC coho salmon of
hatchery origin for this project. Data
collected from these experiments will be
used to inform potential disease
management strategies for C. shasta in
the Klamath River.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
evaluate the application, associated
documents, and comments submitted to
determine whether the applications
meet the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA and Federal regulations.
The final permit decision will not be
made until after the end of the 30-day
comment period. NMFS will publish
notice of its final action in the Federal
Register.
Application Received
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of the ESA of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543) and regulations governing listed
fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR Parts
222–226). NMFS issues permits based
on findings that such permits: (1) Are
applied for in good faith; (2) if granted
and exercised, would not operate to the
disadvantage of the listed species which
are the subject of the permits; and (3)
are consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA. The authority to take listed species
is subject to conditions set forth in the
permits.
Anyone requesting a hearing on the
application listed in this notice should
set out the specific reasons why a
hearing on that application would be
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such
hearings are held at the discretion of the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NMFS.
Dated: April 7, 2011.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
Permit 16344
Dr. Jerri Bartholomew, Oregon State
University at Corvalis, is requesting a 5year permit to annually take 580
juvenile SONCC coho salmon of
hatchery origin associated with two
research projects to study the effects of
the myxozoan parasite Ceratomyxa
shasta on salmon and steelhead in the
Klamath River in Northern California. In
the two projects described below, Dr.
Bartholomew and her co-investigators
will utilize fish obtained from the Iron
Gate Hatchery in California, transport
fish to the John L. Fryer Disease
Laboratory in Oregon, and will
euthanize all individuals at the end of
the experiments.
Project 1 is a study to determine the
annual incidence of disease in May and
June in the Klamath River (Humboldt
County), California, following a 3-day
exposure of individuals at the Beaver
Creek and Seiad Valley sentinel sites.
The study will compare trends in C.
shasta infection prevalence, fish
mortality, and time to death of juvenile
fish of hatchery origin among years.
Annually, Dr. Bartholomew proposes to
collect, transport, and euthanize 220
juvenile SONCC coho salmon of
hatchery origin for this project. Data
from this study will provide information
to estimate annual exposure of both
wild and hatchery SONCC coho salmon
to, and subsequent disease effects from,
C. shasta among years; and to inform
potential management actions to reduce
infection rates.
Project 2 is a laboratory study to test
whether sequential exposure of fish to a
less virulent (IIR) strain of C. shasta,
followed by exposure to a more virulent
(IIC) strain, lessens disease effects
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA363
Marine Mammals; File No. 14352
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
amendment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that Dr.
Gregory Bossart, Georgia Aquarium, 225
Baker Street, NW., Atlanta, GA 30313
has been issued a major amendment to
Permit No. 14352.
ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and
related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 713–2289; fax (301) 713–0376; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida
33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727)
824–5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Hubard or Kristy Beard, (301)
713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
6, 2010, notice was published in the
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Federal Register (75 FR 47537) that a
request for an amendment to Permit No.
14352 to conduct research on bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) had been
submitted by the above-named
applicant. The requested permit
amendment has been issued under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the regulations
governing the taking and importing of
marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The permit has been amended to
authorize research in a new study area:
Charleston, South Carolina. Fifty
bottlenose dolphins may be captured,
sampled, and released in Charleston
annually. Captured dolphins will
receive a health assessment clinical
workup. All captured animals will
receive a roto tag. Up to ten animals per
year will also receive a VHF tag.
Samples will be analyzed to examine a
variety of health topics such as:
infectious diseases, immune status,
contaminant exposure, antibiotic
resistance, and genetics. An additional
400 dolphins per year may be harassed
during pre- and post-capture surveys.
The amended permit is valid until
October 31, 2014.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Dated: April 6, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA365
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene
Public Hearings on: Amendment 18 to
the Fishery Management Plan for
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in
the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; Joint
SUMMARY:
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Amendment 10 to the Spiny Lobster
Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic; Generic
Annual Catch Limits/Accountability
Measures Amendment for the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council’s
Red Drum, Reef Fish, Shrimp, Coral and
Coral Reefs, and Stony Crab Fishery
Management Plans.
DATES: The public meetings will be held
on May 2, 2011 through May 18, 2011
at fourteen locations throughout the
Gulf of Mexico. The public hearings will
begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no
later than 9 p.m. For specific dates, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be
held at locations listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director/Senior Fishery Biologist, Dr.
Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician and Dr. Carrie Simmons,
Fishery Biologist; Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will hold public
hearings on Amendment 18 to the
Fishery Management Plan for Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources in the
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Including
Environmental Assessment, Regulatory
Impact Review, and Regulatory
Flexibility Act Analysis. Amendment 18
contains alternatives for actions to set
Annual Catch Limits and Accountability
Measures if such limits are exceeded for
Gulf group king mackerel, Gulf group
Spanish mackerel, and Gulf group cobia.
It also contains measures to remove
cero, little tunny, dolphin, and bluefish
from the fishery management plan,
revise the framework procedure, and
separate cobia into Atlantic and Gulf
migratory groups. Similar measures are
being proposed for the Atlantic
migratory stocks.
Spiny Lobster
Public hearings will be held on Joint
Amendment 10 to the Spiny Lobster
Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic. Joint
Amendment 10 establishes Annual
Catch Limits and Accountability
Measures for Caribbean spiny lobster as
required by the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
This amendment includes additional
actions addressing modifications to the
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Fishery Management Unit, updates to
protocol for Enhanced Cooperative
Management, regulations regarding the
possession of undersized lobsters or
‘‘shorts’’ as attractants for the
commercial trap fishery, permit
requirements for tailing spiny lobster,
sector allocations, limiting spiny lobster
fishing areas to protect threatened
staghorn and elkhorn corals, and
requirements for gear marking of all
spiny lobster trap lines.
Reef Fish
Amendment 32—This amendment
will establish annual catch limits and
annual catch targets for 2012 to 2015 for
gag and for 2012 for red grouper, and
contains actions to establish a
rebuilding plan for gag, set recreational
bag limits, size limits and closed
seasons for gag/red grouper in 2012,
consider a commercial gag and shallowwater grouper quota adjustment to
account for dead discards, make
adjustment to multi-use IFQ shares in
the grouper individual fishing quota
program, reduce the commercial gag
size limit, modify the offshore time and
areas closures, and establish gag, red
grouper, and shallow-water grouper
accountability measures.
Generic Amendment
Public hearings will also be held to
receive comments on the Generic
Annual Catch Limits/Accountability
measures Amendment for the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council’s
Red Drum, Reef Fish, Shrimp, Coral and
Coral Reefs, and Stone Crab Fishery
Management Plans. This amendment
contains actions to delegate
management of selected species to the
other agencies, remove selected species
from the fishery management plans,
group species for purposes of setting
annual catch limits and annual catch
targets, establish and acceptable
biological catch control rule, establish
an annual catch limit/annual catch
target control rule, establish a generic
framework procedure for implementing
management changes, establish the
initial specification of annual catch
limits and annual catch targets for
stocks and stock groups still in need of
such specification, establish the
apportionment of the black grouper,
yellow tail snapper, and mutton snapper
stocks between the Gulf and South
Atlantic Council jurisdictions, set a
commercial and recreational allocation
of black grouper within in the Gulf
Council’s jurisdiction, and establish
accountability measures to keep catch
levels within their annual catch limits
or take corrective action if they exceed
the limits.
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The Public Hearings will begin at 6
p.m. and conclude at the end of public
testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the
following locations:
Monday, May 2, 2011
• ACL—Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon
Parkway, 950 Lake Carillon Drive, St.
Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540–
0050;
• ACL—Clarion Hotel, 12635 South
Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, FL
33907, telephone: (239) 936–4300;
• Mackerel—Best Western, 7921
Lamar Poole Road, Biloxi, MS 39532,
telephone: (228) 875–7111;
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
• Amend 32—Hilton St. Petersburg
Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake Carillon
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone:
(727) 540–0050;
• Amend 32—Clarion Hotel, 12635
South Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers,
FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936–4300;
• Mackerel—Fairfield Inn & Suites,
3111 Loop Road, Orange Beach, FL
36561, telephone: (251) 543–4444;
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
• Amend 32—Banana Bay Resort,
4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL
33050, telephone: (305) 743–3500;
• Mackerel—Boardwalk—Royal
American Beach Getaways, 9400 S.
Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL
32408, telephone: (850) 230–4681;
Thursday, May 5, 2011
• ACL—Banana Bay Resort, 4590
Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050,
telephone: (305) 743–3500;
Monday, May 9, 2011
• Mackerel/Spiny Lobster, Sirata
Beach Resort, 5300 Gulf Boulevard, St.
Pete Beach, FL 33706, telephone: (727)
363–5176;
• ACL/Amend 32—Renaissance
Riverview Plaza, 64 South Water Street,
Mobile, AL 36602;
• ACL—Boardwalk—Royal American
Beach Getaways, 9400 S. Thomas Drive,
Panama City Beach, FL 32408,
telephone: (850) 230–4681;
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
• Amend 32/ACL—Hilton, 5400
Seawall Blvd., Galveston, TX 77551,
telephone: (409) 744–1757;
• Amend 32/ACL—Best Western,
7921 Lamar Poole Road, Biloxi, MS
39532, telephone: (228) 875–7111;
• Amend 32—Boardwalk—Royal
American Beach Getaways, 9400 S.
Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL
32408, telephone: (850) 230–4681;
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
• Amend 32—Harte Research
Institute, Conference Room, 6300 Ocean
Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412–5869,
telephone: (361) 825–2000;
• Amend 32/ACL—Hilton Garden
Inn, 4535 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA
70065, telephone: (504) 712–0109;
The meeting will be held
Monday, May 2, 2011 through
Thursday, May 5, 2011. Business will
begin each day at 8:30 a.m. the first day,
and at 8 a.m. each subsequent day. The
meeting will conclude each day at 5
p.m. or until business for the day is
completed. The meeting may conclude
before 5 p.m. on Thursday if business
has been completed.
DATES:
Thursday, May 12, 2011
• ACL—Plantation Suites and
Conference Center, 1909 Highway 361,
Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone:
(361) 749–3866;
ADDRESSES:
Monday, May 16, 2011
• Mackerel—Fisheries Research Lab,
195 Ludwig Annex, Grand Isle, LA
70358, telephone: (985) 787–2163;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
• Mackerel—Hampton Inn, 506 West
Bay Area Blvd., Webster, TX 77598,
telephone: (281) 332–7952;
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
• Mackerel—Plantation Suites and
Conference Center, 1909 Highway 361,
Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone:
(361) 749–3866.
Copies of the documents can be
obtained by calling (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 Kathy Pereira at
the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: April 11, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The meeting will be held in
the Green Room of the National Marine
Fisheries Service’s Southwest Fisheries
Science Center; 8604 La Jolla Shores
Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
The
primary purpose of the meeting is to
review the Pacific mackerel stock
assessment for 2011, in order to inform
fisheries management decisions for the
2011–12 fishery. Other issues relevant
to Pacific mackerel management and
science may be addressed as time
permits.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the STAR Panel for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. STAR Panel action will be
restricted to those issues specifically
listed 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 STAR Panel’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.
Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA366
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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AGENCY:
Dated: April 11, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene a Pacific mackerel Stock
Assessment Review (STAR) Panel
meeting that is open to the public.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[Docket No. 101014509–1211–02]
RIN 0648–XZ62
Policy for the Assessment of Civil
Administrative Penalties and Permit
Sanctions
Office of General Counsel
(OGC), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance; final policy.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
announces the publication and issuance
of a final Policy for the Assessment of
Civil Administrative Penalties and
Permit Sanctions (Penalty Policy).
DATES: The final Penalty Policy was
issued on March 16, 2011, and became
effective on that date.
ADDRESSES: The final Penalty Policy is
available electronically on NOAA’s
website at https://www.gc.noaa.gov/
enforce-office1.html. A paper copy of
the Penalty Policy may be requested by
sending a self-addressed envelope (size
8.5 x 11 inches) to the individual under
the heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Sprtel by telephone at (301) 496–
7147; by fax at (301) 427–2210; by email at frank.sprtel@noaa.gov; or by
mail at: Office of General Counsel for
Enforcement and Litigation, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, 8484 Georgia Avenue,
Suite 400, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Penalty Policy is intended to provide
guidance for the assessment of civil
administrative penalties and permit
sanctions under the statutes and
regulations enforced by NOAA. As
explained more fully in the text of the
policy, the purpose of the Penalty Policy
is to ensure that: (1) Civil administrative
penalties and permit sanctions are
assessed in accordance with the laws
that NOAA enforces in a fair and
consistent manner; (2) penalties and
permit sanctions are appropriate for the
gravity of the violation; (3) penalties and
permit sanctions are sufficient to deter
both individual violators and the
regulated community as a whole from
committing violations; (4) economic
incentives for noncompliance are
eliminated; and (5) compliance is
expeditiously achieved and maintained
to protect natural resources. Under this
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA365
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 convene
Public Hearings on: Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico;
Joint
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Amendment 10 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf
of Mexico and South Atlantic; Generic Annual Catch Limits/
Accountability Measures Amendment for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council's Red Drum, Reef Fish, Shrimp, Coral and Coral
Reefs, and Stony Crab Fishery Management Plans.
DATES: The public meetings will be held on May 2, 2011 through May 18,
2011 at fourteen locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The public
hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later than 9 p.m.
For specific dates, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at locations listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director/Senior Fishery Biologist, Dr. Steven Atran, Population
Dynamics Statistician and Dr. Carrie Simmons, Fishery Biologist; Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold public
hearings on Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Including Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and
Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis. Amendment 18 contains alternatives
for actions to set Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures if
such limits are exceeded for Gulf group king mackerel, Gulf group
Spanish mackerel, and Gulf group cobia. It also contains measures to
remove cero, little tunny, dolphin, and bluefish from the fishery
management plan, revise the framework procedure, and separate cobia
into Atlantic and Gulf migratory groups. Similar measures are being
proposed for the Atlantic migratory stocks.
Spiny Lobster
Public hearings will be held on Joint Amendment 10 to the Spiny
Lobster Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of Mexico and South
Atlantic. Joint Amendment 10 establishes Annual Catch Limits and
Accountability Measures for Caribbean spiny lobster as required by the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. This amendment includes additional actions
addressing modifications to the Fishery Management Unit, updates to
protocol for Enhanced Cooperative Management, regulations regarding the
possession of undersized lobsters or ``shorts'' as attractants for the
commercial trap fishery, permit requirements for tailing spiny lobster,
sector allocations, limiting spiny lobster fishing areas to protect
threatened staghorn and elkhorn corals, and requirements for gear
marking of all spiny lobster trap lines.
Reef Fish
Amendment 32--This amendment will establish annual catch limits and
annual catch targets for 2012 to 2015 for gag and for 2012 for red
grouper, and contains actions to establish a rebuilding plan for gag,
set recreational bag limits, size limits and closed seasons for gag/red
grouper in 2012, consider a commercial gag and shallow-water grouper
quota adjustment to account for dead discards, make adjustment to
multi-use IFQ shares in the grouper individual fishing quota program,
reduce the commercial gag size limit, modify the offshore time and
areas closures, and establish gag, red grouper, and shallow-water
grouper accountability measures.
Generic Amendment
Public hearings will also be held to receive comments on the
Generic Annual Catch Limits/Accountability measures Amendment for the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Red Drum, Reef Fish,
Shrimp, Coral and Coral Reefs, and Stone Crab Fishery Management Plans.
This amendment contains actions to delegate management of selected
species to the other agencies, remove selected species from the fishery
management plans, group species for purposes of setting annual catch
limits and annual catch targets, establish and acceptable biological
catch control rule, establish an annual catch limit/annual catch target
control rule, establish a generic framework procedure for implementing
management changes, establish the initial specification of annual catch
limits and annual catch targets for stocks and stock groups still in
need of such specification, establish the apportionment of the black
grouper, yellow tail snapper, and mutton snapper stocks between the
Gulf and South Atlantic Council jurisdictions, set a commercial and
recreational allocation of black grouper within in the Gulf Council's
jurisdiction, and establish accountability measures to keep catch
levels within their annual catch limits or take corrective action if
they exceed the limits.
The Public Hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude at the end of
public testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the following locations:
Monday, May 2, 2011
ACL--Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540-0050;
ACL--Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue, Fort
Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936-4300;
Mackerel--Best Western, 7921 Lamar Poole Road, Biloxi, MS
39532, telephone: (228) 875-7111;
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Amend 32--Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540-0050;
Amend 32--Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue,
Fort Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936-4300;
Mackerel--Fairfield Inn & Suites, 3111 Loop Road, Orange
Beach, FL 36561, telephone: (251) 543-4444;
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Amend 32--Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway,
Marathon, FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743-3500;
Mackerel--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400
S. Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-
4681;
Thursday, May 5, 2011
ACL--Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon,
FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743-3500;
Monday, May 9, 2011
Mackerel/Spiny Lobster, Sirata Beach Resort, 5300 Gulf
Boulevard, St. Pete Beach, FL 33706, telephone: (727) 363-5176;
ACL/Amend 32--Renaissance Riverview Plaza, 64 South Water
Street, Mobile, AL 36602;
ACL--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400 S.
Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-4681;
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Amend 32/ACL--Hilton, 5400 Seawall Blvd., Galveston, TX
77551, telephone: (409) 744-1757;
Amend 32/ACL--Best Western, 7921 Lamar Poole Road, Biloxi,
MS 39532, telephone: (228) 875-7111;
Amend 32--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400
S. Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-
4681;
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Amend 32--Harte Research Institute, Conference Room, 6300
Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869, telephone: (361) 825-2000;
Amend 32/ACL--Hilton Garden Inn, 4535 Williams Blvd.,
Kenner, LA 70065, telephone: (504) 712-0109;
Thursday, May 12, 2011
ACL--Plantation Suites and Conference Center, 1909 Highway
361, Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone: (361) 749-3866;
Monday, May 16, 2011
Mackerel--Fisheries Research Lab, 195 Ludwig Annex, Grand
Isle, LA 70358, telephone: (985) 787-2163;
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Mackerel--Hampton Inn, 506 West Bay Area Blvd., Webster,
TX 77598, telephone: (281) 332-7952;
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Mackerel--Plantation Suites and Conference Center, 1909
Highway 361, Port Aransas, TX 78373, telephone: (361) 749-3866.
Copies of the documents can be obtained by calling (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 Kathy Pereira at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: April 11, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-9055 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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