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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 146 / Tuesday, August 3, 2021 / Notices Dated: July 28, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RTID 0648XB280

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 Council will hold a four-day meeting to consider actions affecting the Gulf of Mexico fisheries in the exclusive economic zone EEZ.
DATES: The meeting will convene Monday, August 23 at 8:15 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., CDT. Tuesday, August 24, 2021
through Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., CDT and on Thursday August 26, 2021 at 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. CDT.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will take place at the Hilton Palacio del Rio, 200 South Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78205.
Please note, meeting attendees will be expected to follow any current COVID
19 safety protocols as determined by the Council, hotel and the City of San Antonio. Such precautions may include masks, room capacity restrictions, and/
or social distancing. If you prefer to listen in, you may access the log-on information by visiting our website at www.gulfcouncil.org.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 4107 W.
Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL
33607; telephone: 813 3481630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Carrie Simmons, Executive Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813 3481630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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Agenda Monday, August 23, 2021; 8:15 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
The meeting will begin open to the public with Full Council Session to Induct New Council Members and ReAppoint Council members. Committee
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sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the Administrative/Budget Committee will discuss modifications to the Statement of Organization Practices and Procedures SOPPs for Scientific and Statistical Committees SSC
Memberships and SSCs Best Voting Practices and Procedures. The Committee will receive a presentation on the 201920 Audit Results and discuss SSC Stipends.
The Shrimp Committee will receive an update on Effort Data Collection for 2021, review Draft Framework Action:
Modifications to the Gulf of Mexico Federal Shrimp Fishery Effort Monitoring and Reporting, and Section 7 Consultation on the Shrimp Industry and Protected Species.
The Mackerel Committee will convene after lunch. They will review Coastal Migratory Pelagics CMP
Landings, Public Hearing Draft Amendment 32: Modifications to the Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group Cobia Catch Limits, Possession Limits, Size Limits and Framework Procedure, receive clarification on Gulf King Mackerel Commercial Historical Landings Data and SSC
recommendations, and review Draft Amendment 33: Modifications to the Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group King Mackerel Catch Limits and Sector Allocations and CMP Advisory Panel recommendations.
The Sustainable Fisheries Committee will receive an update on Historical Captain Permits Conversion; review National Standard 1 NS1 Technical Guidance Subgroup 3 Technical MemoManaging with Annual Catch Limits ACLs for Data-limited Stocks in Federal Fishery Management Plans and Using Field Experiments to Assess Alternative Mechanisms for Distributing Fish to the Recreational Sector, and SSC
Recommendations.
The public meeting will adjourn for the day at approximately 4:15 p.m. and the Council will move in to a Full CouncilClosed Session for the remainder of the day for the Selection of Special Coral, Mackerel and Shrimp Scientific and Statistical Committee SSC Members.
Tuesday, August 24, 2021; 8:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
The Reef Fish Committee will convene to review Reef Fish Landings and Individual Fishing Quota IFQ
Landings, Draft Framework Action:
Modification of Gulf of Mexico Red Grouper Annual Catch Limits and receive a presentation on Greater Amberjack Calibrated Landings and Catch Limits, and Proposed Management Alternatives. The
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Committee will review and discuss Implementation of the DESCEND Act of 2020, Updates on 2021 Red Snapper State Management Programs, Final DocumentFramework Action: Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Data Calibration and Recreational Catch Limits, Reef Fish Amendments 36B and 36C: Modifications to Individual Fishing Quota IFQ Programs, and Draft Snapper Grouper Amendment 44 and Reef Fish Amendment 55: Modifications to Southeastern U.S. Yellowtail Snapper Jurisdictional Allocations, Catch Limits, and South Atlantic Sector Annual Catch Limits. The Committee will receive a presentation on Sector Separation for Four Reef Fish Species.
Immediately following the Reef Fish Committee Virtual and In-person Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA will hold an informal Question and Answer Session.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021; 8:30 a.m.
5:30 p.m.
The Data Collection Committee will receive an update on Southeast For-hire Electronic Reporting SEFHIER
Program and a presentation on Draft Options for Electronic Reporting due to Equipment Failure.
The Habitat Protection and Restoration Committee will receive a presentation from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management BOEM on Renewable Wind Energy and review Draft: Generic Essential Fish Habitat Amendment and SSC recommendations.
The Law Enforcement Committee will review the meeting summary from the March 2021 meeting and approve the Cooperative Law Enforcement Strategic Plan 202124 and Operations Plan 202122.
Following lunch, at approximately 1:30 p.m., the Council will reconvene with a Call to Order, Announcements and Introductions, presentation of the 2020 Law Enforcement Team of the Year Award, Adoption of Agenda and Approval of Minutes. The Council will receive presentations on Movement Patterns and Discard Mortality of Cobia in the Gulf of Mexico GOM and Assessing the Influence of Sargassum Habitat on Greater Amberjack Recruitment in the GOM.
The Council will hold public testimony from 2:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., EDT for Potential Reconsideration of Final DocumentFramework Action:
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Data Calibration and Recreational Catch Limits, and open testimony on other fishery issues or concerns. Public comment may begin earlier than 2:45 p.m. EDT, but will not
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