[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7543]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032101D]


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 Red Drum Stock Assessment Panel 
(RDSAP).

DATES: The Council's RDSAP will meet on Monday, April 10, 2001 from 
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton, 
901 Airline Highway, Kenner, LA 70062; (504)465-1157.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter B. Hood, Biologist, Gulf of 
Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RDSAP will convene to develop a 
standardized stock assessment methodology that can accept area (state)-
specific data and work with these within the context of a Gulf stock 
assessment. In addition, the RDSAP will hear about new life history 
research conducted by Louisiana State University personnel and will 
consider available data on shrimp-trawl bycatch mortality and historic 
length composition of the commercial catch that may have not been used 
in the last stock assessment conducted by NMFS. A copy of the agenda 
can be obtained by calling the Council office at (813)228-2815.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the RDSAP 
for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal action by the RDSAP during this meeting. The RDSAP's actions 
will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda listed as available by this notice.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is open to the public and 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 April 3, 2001.

    Dated: March 21, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-7543 Filed 3-26-01; 8:45 am]
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