[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54110-54111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27058]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 093098D]


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 meeting of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).

DATES: A meeting of the SEP will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, October 22, and will conclude by 4:00 p.m. on Friday October 
23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, 
2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-877-6688.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, 
Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP members will meet to review 
available social and economic data on red snapper, and to determine the 
social and economic implications of the levels of acceptable biological 
catches (ABC) recommended by the Council's Reef Fish Stock Assessment 
Panel (RFSAP). The SEP may recommend to the Council a total allowable 
catch (TAC) for the 1999 fishing year. The SEP will also discuss issues 
raised by the Sustainable Fisheries Act. Although other issues not 
contained in this agenda may come before the Panel for discussion, in 
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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.
    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 
October 15, 1998.


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    Dated: October 2, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-27058 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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