[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: 97-25245]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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


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 Fishery Management Council will convene a 
public meeting of the Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel.

DATES: This meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, October 6 and 
conclude by 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 9, 1997.

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: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel members 
will meet to review new stock assessments prepared by NMFS for red 
snapper and gag in the Gulf of Mexico, and to review available 
biological information and landings data for gray triggerfish. In 
addition, the Panel is tentatively scheduled to review an independent 
red snapper stock assessment prepared by Dr. Brian Rothschild of the 
University of Massachusetts. All scheduled presentations will be given 
during the first two days of the meeting.
    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.

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 
September 29, 1997.

    Dated: September 17, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25245 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]
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