Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings; Correction, 23994-23995 [2011-10324]

Download as PDF 23994 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 83 / Friday, April 29, 2011 / Notices Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $38,776 in recordkeeping/ reporting costs. IV. Request for Comments Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record. Dated: April 26, 2011. Gwellnar Banks, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2011–10394 Filed 4–28–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XA365 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings; Correction National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of correction of public meetings. 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 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 12, 2011, srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:39 Apr 28, 2011 Jkt 223001 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 section. 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: The original notice was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2011 (76 FR 20957). There are changes to the dates, locations and agenda; therefore, the notice is being republished in its entirety. 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 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 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 an 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 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; and • ACL—Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936–4300. Tuesday, May 3, 2011 • Amend 32—Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540–0050; and • Amend 32—Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936–4300. Wednesday, May 4, 2011 • Amend 32—Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743–3500. E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 83 / Friday, April 29, 2011 / Notices Thursday, May 5, 2011 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE • ACL—Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743–3500. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Monday, May 9, 2011 • 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; and • 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; and • Amend 32—Boardwalk—Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400 S. Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230–4681. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 • Amend 32—Harte Research Institute, Conference Room, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412–5869, telephone: (361) 825–2000; and • Amend 32/ACL—Crowne Plaza New Orleans Airport, 2829 Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70062, telephone: (504) 467–5611. Thursday, May 12, 2011 • ACL—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. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES 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. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:39 Apr 28, 2011 Jkt 223001 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Council to convene 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 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 12, 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, Florida 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: SUMMARY: Spiny Lobster Dated: April 25, 2011. William D. Chappell, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2011–10324 Filed 4–28–11; 8:45 am] RIN 0648–XA365 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 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 23995 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 an 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 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 E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA365


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of correction of public meetings.

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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 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 12, 
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 section.
    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: The original notice was published in the 
Federal Register on April 14, 2011 (76 FR 20957). There are changes to 
the dates, locations and agenda; therefore, the notice is being 
republished in its entirety.

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 an 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 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; and
     ACL--Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue, Fort 
Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936-4300.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

     Amend 32--Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake 
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone: (727) 540-0050; and
     Amend 32--Clarion Hotel, 12635 South Cleveland Avenue, 
Fort Myers, FL 33907, telephone: (239) 936-4300.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

     Amend 32--Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway, 
Marathon, FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743-3500.

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

     ACL--Banana Bay Resort, 4590 Overseas Highway, Marathon, 
FL 33050, telephone: (305) 743-3500.

Monday, May 9, 2011

     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; and
     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; and
     Amend 32--Boardwalk--Royal American Beach Getaways, 9400 
S. Thomas Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408, telephone: (850) 230-
4681.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

     Amend 32--Harte Research Institute, Conference Room, 6300 
Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5869, telephone: (361) 825-2000; 
and
     Amend 32/ACL--Crowne Plaza New Orleans Airport, 2829 
Williams Blvd., Kenner, LA 70062, telephone: (504) 467-5611.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

     ACL--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 25, 2011.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-10324 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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