[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16374]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061598A]


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 a subgroup of the Ad Hoc Crustacean Stock Assessment 
Panel (SAP).

DATES: The meeting of the Crustacean SAP held June 1-4, 1998, will be 
continued on June 30, 1998 with the subgroup meeting beginning at 9:00 
a.m. and concluding by 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The Crustacean SAP subgroup meeting will be held at the 
Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Marine Research 
Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue, Southeast, St. Petersburg, FL.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A subgroup of the SAP will convene to review 
stock assessment information on spiny lobster and to develop 
alternatives for determining the overfishing criteria as required by 
the Sustainable Fisheries Act in accordance with the original Federal 
Register Notice published May 8, 1998.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the subgroup for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal 
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 
June 16, 1998.

    Dated: June 15, 1998.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-16374 Filed 6-18-98; 8:45 am]
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