Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Draft Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico to Establish a Red Snapper Rebuilding Plan; Proposed Amendment 13 to the FMP for the Shrimp Resources of the Gulf of Mexico; Scoping Meeting

Résumé

The purpose of this document is to amend two documents published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2002. The first notice referenced the intent of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) to prepare a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (DSEIS) in association with proposed Amendment 13 to the Gulf Shrimp FMP. The second notice referenced the Gulf Council's intent to prepare a DSEIS in association with a draft amendment to the Reef Fish FMP to establish a red snapper rebuilding plan. Both of those documents provided a schedule of eight public meetings organized by the Gulf Council to solicit public input on the range of alternatives and scope of impacts to be analyzed in the two DSEISs. This document amends the notices to add a ninth scoping meeting to that schedule.