[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22028]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081198E]


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 (Council) will 
convene a public meeting via teleconference.

DATES: The teleconference will be held Thursday, August 27, 1998. It 
will begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern standard time (EST) and continue until 
approximately 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Public meetings via teleconference will be held in St. 
Petersburg, FL; Panama City, FL; Miami, FL; Pascagoula, MS; and 
Galveston, TX (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, 
Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A listening phone will be located at each of 
the following locations: NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive North, Suite 201, St. Petersburg, FL, telephone 813-570-
5305; NMFS Panama City Laboratory, 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama 
City, FL, telephone 850-234-6541; NMFS Miami Laboratory, Room 200, 75 
Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL, telephone 305-361-4259; NMFS 
Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederick Street, Pascagoula, MS, 
telephone 228-762-4591; and NMFS Galveston Laboratory, 4700 Avenue U, 
Galveston, TX, telephone 409-766-3500.
    The Council will review scientific findings regarding a change in 
definitions of maximum sustainable yield and a rebuilding schedule for 
red snapper. The Council also will consider potential changes and 
information provided by NMFS on the performance level of bycatch 
reduction devices to determine if the Council should request emergency 
action by the Secretary of Commerce, to release reserve total allowable 
catch in order to avoid severe adverse economic and social impacts.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 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 
August 20, 1998.

    Dated: August 11, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-22028 Filed 8-12-98; 2:02 pm]
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