[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55846-55847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27973]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 100998E]


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 will convene a 
public meeting of the Red Snapper Advisory Panel (RSAP) and the Reef 
Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The RSAP meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 3, 
1998, and conclude by 3:30 p.m. The SSC will begin at 8:00 a.m. on 
Wednesday, November 4, 1998, and conclude by 3:30 p.m.


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ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza New Orleans, 
333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-525-9444.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RSAP, consisting of recreational and 
commercial red snapper fishermen, will review stock assessments of gag 
and vermilion snapper that were prepared by NMFS and reports from the 
Council's Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel and Socioeconomic Panel that 
include biological, social, and economic information related to the 
range of acceptable biological catch (ABC). Based on these reports, the 
RSAP may recommend levels of total allowable catch (TAC) for red 
snapper in 1999 and appropriate management measures.
    The SSC, consisting of economists, biologists, sociologists, and 
natural resource attorneys, will also review the above reports, comment 
on their scientific adequacy, and may make recommendations regarding 
red snapper TAC and management measures.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the RSAP 
and SSC for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal action during this meeting. The RSAP's and SSC's actions will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed 
as available by 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 
October 27, 1998.

    Dated: October 13, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-27973 Filed 10-16-98; 8:45 am]
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