[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52986-52987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22322]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 082500B]


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 the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2000,

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beginning at 1 p.m. through Friday, September 22, 2000, concluding at 4 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, 
2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, Florida 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: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, 
Suite 1000, Tampa, Florida 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP will convene to review available 
social and economic data on red snapper, red grouper, vermilion 
snapper, and greater amberjack, and to determine the social and 
economic implications of the levels of acceptable biological catches 
that may be recommended by the Council's Reef Fish Stock Assessment 
Panel. The SEP may recommend to the Council a total allowable catch 
each for greater amberjack, red grouper, and vermilion snapper for the 
2001 fishing year.
    Composing the SEP membership are economists, sociologists, and 
anthropologists from various universities and state fishery agencies 
throughout the Gulf. They advise the Council on the social and economic 
implications of certain fishery management measures.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815. 
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come before 
the SEP 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 of the SEP will be 
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agendas and 
any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified 
of the Council's intent to take action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) by September 
13, 2000.

    Dated: August 25, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-22322 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
Billing Code: 3510-22-S