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Published: November 10, 2008
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The Florida/Alabama Habitat Protection Advisory Panel will convene a meeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 555 N. Westshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida, to review and discuss fishery habitat issues. The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 3, 2008 and conclude no later than 4:00 p.m.
The advisory panel (AP) is tentatively scheduled to discuss the following:
· Living shorelines
· Expansion of the Large Area Artificial Reef Sites off Florida
· Movement and growth of red snapper
· Reef fish utilization of natural and artificial habitats
· Port Dolphin LNG facility
· Seagrass scarring penalties
· Florida freshwater inflow issues
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-348-1630.
The Florida/Alabama group is part of a three unit Habitat Protection AP of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. The principal role of the AP is to assist the Council in its attempt to maintain optimum conditions within the habitat and ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico. Advisory panels serve as a first alert system and calls to the Council’s attention proposed projects being developed, as well as other activities that may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and supporting ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the Council on its policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda.
The meeting is open to the public and is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina O’Hern five working days prior to the meeting.
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Published: November 10, 2008
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EmailThe Florida/Alabama Habitat Protection Advisory Panel will convene a meeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 555 N. Westshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida, to review and discuss fishery habitat issues. The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 3, 2008 and conclude no later than 4:00 p.m.
The advisory panel (AP) is tentatively scheduled to discuss the following:
· Living shorelines
· Expansion of the Large Area Artificial Reef Sites off Florida
· Movement and growth of red snapper
· Reef fish utilization of natural and artificial habitats
· Port Dolphin LNG facility
· Seagrass scarring penalties
· Florida freshwater inflow issues
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-348-1630.
The Florida/Alabama group is part of a three unit Habitat Protection AP of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. The principal role of the AP is to assist the Council in its attempt to maintain optimum conditions within the habitat and ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico. Advisory panels serve as a first alert system and calls to the Council’s attention proposed projects being developed, as well as other activities that may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and supporting ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the Council on its policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda.
The meeting is open to the public and is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina O’Hern five working days prior to the meeting.
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