97-25246. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 184 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 49668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25246]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091697A]


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.

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

DATES: A joint meeting of the SEP Reef Fish Subgroup and the Reef Fish 
Stock Assessment Panel will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, October 8 and will conclude by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 
October 9, 1997. On Friday, October 10, the entire SEP will hold their 
meeting.

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: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist; 
telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP members will meet to review 
available social and economic data on red snapper and gag 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 (TAC) for the 1998 fishing year. 
Specific TAC recommendations for gag will depend on whether an ABC 
range is recommended by the RFSAP.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Panel for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation 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 
October 1, 1997.

    Dated: September 17, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25246 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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