98-20891. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 150 (Wednesday, August 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20891]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072898C]


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 meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).

DATES: A meeting of the SEP will be held beginning at 10:00 a.m. on 
Thursday, August 20, 1998, and will conclude by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, 
August 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 
7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, 
Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP members will meet to review 
available social and economic data on vermilion snapper and gag stocks, 
and to determine the social and economic implications of the levels of 
acceptable biological catches (ABC) recommended by the Council's Reef 
Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP). The SEP may recommend to the 
Council total allowable catches for the 1999 fishing year, depending on 
whether ABC ranges would be established for these 2 stocks by the 
RFSAP. The SEP will also discuss issues related to fishing communities.
    Although other issues not contained in this 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 
listed in this notice.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by contacting the Gulf Council 
(see ADDRESSES).

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 
August 13, 1998.

    Dated: July 29, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-20891 Filed 8-4-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-F