[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5766]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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


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 (Council) will 
convene public meetings of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).
DATES: A joint meeting of the SEP Coastal Pelagics Subgroup and the 
Coastal Migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) Stock Assessment Panel will be 
held beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 1998 and will continue 
through Tuesday, March 24, 1998. On Wednesday, March 25, the entire SEP 
will hold their meeting, which will conclude by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 
March 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The joint meeting will be held at NMFS Southeast Fisheries 
Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL. The separate SEP 
meeting will be held at the Club Hotel & Suites by Doubletree, 100 SE 
4th Street, 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: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP members will meet to review 
available social and economic information on the Gulf migratory group 
of king and Spanish mackerels and to determine the social and economic 
implications of the levels of acceptable biological catches recommended 
by the Council's Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel. The SEP may recommend 
to the Council total allowable catch levels for the 1998-99 fishing 
year. In addition, the SEP will address certain issues related to the 
assessment of regulatory impacts on 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 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.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by contacting the Gulf Council 
(see ADDRESSES).

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. 98-5766 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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