Notice2025-23779
Gulf Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
December 29, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Gulf Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) will hold three in-person public hearings and one webinar to solicit public comments on Shallow-water Grouper.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 245 (Monday, December 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60633-60634]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23779]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF393]
Gulf Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public hearings and webinars.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) will hold
three in-person public hearings and one webinar to solicit public
comments on Shallow-water Grouper.
DATES: The public hearings will take place January 8-21, 2026. The in-
person public hearings and webinar will begin at 6 p.m. and will
conclude no later than 8 p.m. local time. For specific dates and times,
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Written public comments must be received
on or before 5 p.m. EST on January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Please visit the Gulf Council website at <a href="http://www.gulfcouncil.org">www.gulfcouncil.org</a>
for meeting materials and webinar registration information.
Meeting addresses: The public hearings will be held in Madeira
Beach, Galveston, TX and Lafayette, LA; and one virtual webinar. For
specific locations, dates and times see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
below.
Council address: Gulf Fishery Management Council, 4107 W Spruce
Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Muehlstein; Public Information
Officer; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aecbc3c7c2d780c3dbcbc6c2dddacbc7c0eec9dbc2c8cdc1dbc0cdc7c280c1dcc9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f590989c998cdb9880909d998681909c9bb592809993969a809b969c99db9a8792">[email protected]</span></a>, Gulf Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda for the following three in-person
public hearings and webinar is as follows: Council staff will begin
with a presentation on the purpose, need, and proposed management
alternatives in Shallow-water Grouper Amendment 58A.
Staff and a Council member will be available to answer any
questions, and the public will have the opportunity to provide
testimony on the amendment and other related testimony.
In-Person Locations and Webinars
Thursday, January 8, 2026; Maderia Beach City Hall, 300 Municipal
Drive, Madeira Beach, FL 33708, (727) 391-9951.
Monday, January 12, 2026; Hilton Galveston Island, 5400 Seawall
Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77551, (409) 744-5000.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026; Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries (LDWF) Lafayette Office Large Conference Room #2039, 200
Dulles Drive, Lafayette, LA 70508.
Wednesday, January 21, 2026; via webinar.
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Visit <a href="http://www.gulfcouncil.org">www.gulfcouncil.org</a> website and click on the ``meetings and
public hearings'' tab for registration information. After registering,
you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the webinar.
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 (see ADDRESSES), at
least 10 working days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 19, 2025.
Anna Michelle Harrison,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-23779 Filed 12-23-25; 8:45 am]
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