[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 15384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8290]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 032398A]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene
public meetings of the Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC).
DATES: The AP meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Monday,
April 20, 1998, and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. The SSC meeting is scheduled
to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 1998, and adjourn at 3:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel,
701 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-
524-8200.
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 Leard, Senior Fishery
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-
228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC will review the 1998 stock
assessments for both king and Spanish Mackerel, the Mackerel Stock
Assessment Panel report, and the report of the Socioeconomic Panel that
includes economic and social information related to the range of
acceptable biological catch and bag limits for mackerels in the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic. Based on this review, the SSC may recommend
to the Council levels for total allowable catch, bag limits, size
limits, commercial quotas, and other measures for these species for the
1998-99 fishing season. The Mackerel AP will review the same
information and formulate their recommendations based on their
perspectives as users of these resources.
Copies of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before this
AP/SSC for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are 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 April 13, 1998.
Dated: March 23, 1998.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-8290 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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