[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 13003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6379]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 030599D]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils will convene a joint meeting of their Mackerel Stock
Assessment Panel (MSAP).
DATES: This meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 29, and
conclude by on Thursday, April 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science
Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard L. Leard, Senior Fishery
Biologist; telephone: 813-228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
Fishery Management Councils will convene their joint MSAP to review
stock assessment updates for the Gulf and Atlantic migratory groups of
king and Spanish mackerel. The MSAP will consider available
information, including but not limited to, commercial and recreational
catches, natural and fishing mortality estimates, recruitment, fishery-
dependent and fishery-independent data, and data needs. These analyses
will be used to determine the condition of the stocks and the levels of
acceptable biological catch (ABC) for the 1999-2000 fishing year. The
MSAP may also review estimates of stock size (biomass at maximum
sustainable yield [Bmsy]) and minimum stock size thresholds (MSST) for
each species.
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 action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by
March 22, 1999.
Dated: March 10, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-6379 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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