[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11219-11220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5765]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 022798A]


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 (Council) will 
convene a public meetings of the Coastal Migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) 
Stock Assessment Panel (MSAP).

DATES: The meetings will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 1998 
and will conclude by Friday, March 27, 1998.

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 Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MSAP will review stock assessments for 
the Gulf and Atlantic migratory groups of king and Spanish mackerel. 
The MSAP will also 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 for the 1998-99 fishing year.

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    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 
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 March 16, 1998.

    Dated: March 2, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-5765 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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