[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 65935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31542]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121801C]


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 meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a 
public meeting of the Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The AP will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. on January 7, 2001 and 
will conclude by 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton, 
901 Airline Highway, Kenner, LA; telephone: 504-469-5000.
    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; telephone: 
813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Shrimp AP will receive reports from NMFS 
on the status and health of shrimp stocks in the Gulf and the effects 
of the 2001 Cooperative Shrimp Closure with the state of Texas. The 
Shrimp AP may make recommendations for a cooperative closure with Texas 
for 2002. The Shrimp AP will also review an Options Paper for Amendment 
13 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that includes 
alternatives to add rock shrimp to the Shrimp FMP and establishment of 
status criteria for shrimp stocks including maximum sustainable yields 
(MSY), optimum yields (OY), as well as criteria for determining if any 
of the shrimp stocks are undergoing overfishing or should be classified 
as overfished. The Options Paper may also contain alternatives for 
bycatch quotas.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the 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 of the AP 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 Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
action to address the emergency.
    Copies of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.

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 
December 31, 2001.

    Dated: December 18, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-31542 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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