[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 69 (Monday, April 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17624-17625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040699A]


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 public meetings of the Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) and 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The AP meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, 
April 26, 1999 and adjourn at 3:30 p.m. The Standing and Special 
Mackerel SSC meeting will be convened at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 
27, 1999 and will conclude at 12:00 noon. The Standing SSC will 
reconvene at 1:00 p.m. and finish its business by 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the at the Tampa Airport Hilton 
Hotel, 2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-877-6688.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. 
Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-
2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC will review the 1999 stock 
assessment updates for both king and Spanish Mackerel, the Mackerel 
Stock Assessment Panel (MSAP) report, and the report of the 
Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) that includes economic and social information 
related to the range of acceptable biological catch (ABC) and other 
management considerations for mackerels in the Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic. Based on this review, the SSC may recommend to the Council 
levels for total allowable catch (TAC), bag limits, size limits, 
commercial quotas, and other measures for these species for the 1999-
2000 fishing season. The Mackerel AP will review the same information 
and formulate their recommendations based on their perspectives as 
users of these resources. The Standing SSC will review a recently 
completed report of a bycatch reduction device (BRD) evaluation study 
that was developed by NMFS. The SSC may make recommendations regarding 
the scientific validity of this study and/or future evaluation efforts.
    Copies of the agendas can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the SSC and 
Mackerel AP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be 
restricted to those issues

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specifically identified in the agendas 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 
April 19, 1999.

    Dated: April 7, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-9056 Filed 4-9-99; 8:45 am]
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