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Published: October 6, 2009
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The Texas Habitat Protection Advisory Panel will convene a meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites Houston-Clear Lake NSAS, 506 West Bay Area Boulevard, Webster, Texas, at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The panel will conclude no later than 4:00 p.m., and is scheduled to discuss the following:
· Proposed seawall – “The Ike Dike” – to protect Galveston Bay from hurricane storm surge
· Update on oyster restoration in Galveston Bay
· Texas Clipper artificial reef project
· Status of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan Review
· South Padre Island Second Access Project
· Juvenile red snapper habitat use in the Gulf of Mexico
The 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.
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-348-1630. 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 at the Council at least five working days prior to the meeting.
Source: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council press release
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Published: October 6, 2009
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EmailThe Texas Habitat Protection Advisory Panel will convene a meeting at the Hampton Inn & Suites Houston-Clear Lake NSAS, 506 West Bay Area Boulevard, Webster, Texas, at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. The panel will conclude no later than 4:00 p.m., and is scheduled to discuss the following:
· Proposed seawall – “The Ike Dike” – to protect Galveston Bay from hurricane storm surge
· Update on oyster restoration in Galveston Bay
· Texas Clipper artificial reef project
· Status of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan Review
· South Padre Island Second Access Project
· Juvenile red snapper habitat use in the Gulf of Mexico
The 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.
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-348-1630. 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 at the Council at least five working days prior to the meeting.
Source: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council press release
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