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Published: April 26, 2011
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has scheduled a series of public hearings on the following proposed amendments:
Joint Amendment 10 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan establishes Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Caribbean spiny lobster. 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 as attractants for the commercial trap fishery; permit requirements for tailing spiny lobster; sector allocations; limiting spiny lobster fishing areas to protect threatened corals; and requirements for gear marking of all spiny lobster trap lines.
Generic Amendment for Annual Catch Limits/Accountability Measures (ACLs/AMs) 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, an annual catch limit/annual catch target control rule, a generic framework procedure, initial specification of annual catch limits and annual catch targets for stocks still in need of such specification, the apportionment of the black grouper, yellow tail snapper, and mutton snapper stocks between the Gulf and South Atlantic Council jurisdictions; set 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.
Reef Fish Amendment 32 will establish annual catch limits and annual catch targets for 2012 to 2015 for gag and for 2012 for red grouper. The amendment 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 adjustments 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.
Two hotel locations have changed. The hearings will now be held May 2, 2011 through May 12, 2011 at various locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico as shown below. All hearings will begin at 6 p.m. local time, and will conclude no later than 9 p.m.
The meeting schedule is as follows:
Monday, May 2, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway
950 Lake Carillon Drive
St. Petersburg, FL
Monday, May 2, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Clarion Hotel
12635 South Cleveland Ave
Fort Myers, FL
Tuesday May 3, 2011
Amendment 32
Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway
950 Lake Carillon Drive
St. Petersburg, FL
Amendment 32
Clarion Hotel
12635 South Cleveland Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Wednesday May 4, 2011
Amendment 32
Banana Bay Resort
4590 Overseas Hwy
Marathon, FL
Thursday May 5, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Banana Bay Resort
4590 Overseas Hwy
Marathon, FL
Monday May 9, 2011
Spiny Lobster
Sirata Beach Resort
5300 Gulf Blvd
St. Pete Beach, FL
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
Renaissance Riverview Plaza
64 South Water Street
Mobile, AL
ACLs/AMs
Boardwalk - Royal American Beach Getaways
9400 S. Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, FL
Tuesday May 10, 2011
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
Hilton
5400 Seawall Blvd
Galveston, TX
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
***NOTE HOTEL CHANGE
Four Points Sheraton
940 Beach Blvd.
Biloxi, MS
Amendment 32
Boardwalk - Royal American Beach Getaways
9400 S. Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, FL
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Amendment 32
Harte Research Institute
Conference Room
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
***NOTE HOTEL CHANGE
Crowne Plaza NOLA Airport
2829 Williams Blvd.
Kenner, LA
Thursday, May 12, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Plantation Suites & Conference Center
1909 Highway 361
Port Aransas, TX
source: GMFMC
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Published: April 26, 2011
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EmailThe Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has scheduled a series of public hearings on the following proposed amendments:
Joint Amendment 10 to the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan establishes Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures for Caribbean spiny lobster. 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 as attractants for the commercial trap fishery; permit requirements for tailing spiny lobster; sector allocations; limiting spiny lobster fishing areas to protect threatened corals; and requirements for gear marking of all spiny lobster trap lines.
Generic Amendment for Annual Catch Limits/Accountability Measures (ACLs/AMs) 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, an annual catch limit/annual catch target control rule, a generic framework procedure, initial specification of annual catch limits and annual catch targets for stocks still in need of such specification, the apportionment of the black grouper, yellow tail snapper, and mutton snapper stocks between the Gulf and South Atlantic Council jurisdictions; set 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.
Reef Fish Amendment 32 will establish annual catch limits and annual catch targets for 2012 to 2015 for gag and for 2012 for red grouper. The amendment 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 adjustments 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.
Two hotel locations have changed. The hearings will now be held May 2, 2011 through May 12, 2011 at various locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico as shown below. All hearings will begin at 6 p.m. local time, and will conclude no later than 9 p.m.
The meeting schedule is as follows:
Monday, May 2, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway
950 Lake Carillon Drive
St. Petersburg, FL
Monday, May 2, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Clarion Hotel
12635 South Cleveland Ave
Fort Myers, FL
Tuesday May 3, 2011
Amendment 32
Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Parkway
950 Lake Carillon Drive
St. Petersburg, FL
Amendment 32
Clarion Hotel
12635 South Cleveland Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Wednesday May 4, 2011
Amendment 32
Banana Bay Resort
4590 Overseas Hwy
Marathon, FL
Thursday May 5, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Banana Bay Resort
4590 Overseas Hwy
Marathon, FL
Monday May 9, 2011
Spiny Lobster
Sirata Beach Resort
5300 Gulf Blvd
St. Pete Beach, FL
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
Renaissance Riverview Plaza
64 South Water Street
Mobile, AL
ACLs/AMs
Boardwalk - Royal American Beach Getaways
9400 S. Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, FL
Tuesday May 10, 2011
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
Hilton
5400 Seawall Blvd
Galveston, TX
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
***NOTE HOTEL CHANGE
Four Points Sheraton
940 Beach Blvd.
Biloxi, MS
Amendment 32
Boardwalk - Royal American Beach Getaways
9400 S. Thomas Drive
Panama City Beach, FL
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Amendment 32
Harte Research Institute
Conference Room
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX
ACLs/AMs and Amendment 32
***NOTE HOTEL CHANGE
Crowne Plaza NOLA Airport
2829 Williams Blvd.
Kenner, LA
Thursday, May 12, 2011
ACLs/AMs
Plantation Suites & Conference Center
1909 Highway 361
Port Aransas, TX
source: GMFMC
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