[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3689-3690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1897]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011402H]


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: A meeting of the SEP will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. on 
Thursday, February 7, 2002, and will conclude at 4 p.m. on Friday, 
February 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, 
2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-877-6688.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, 
Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP will meet to review a regulatory 
amendment on rebuilding the red grouper stock and to review a study of 
the charter and party boat fishing industry of Alabama, Mississippi, 
Louisiana, and Texas. The SEP will also discuss bioeconomic modeling as 
an approach to future economic assessments.
    A report will be prepared by the SEP containing their conclusions 
and recommendations. This report will be presented for review to the 
Council's Reef Fish Advisory Panel and Standing and Special Reef Fish 
Scientific and Statistical Committee at meetings to be held on the week 
of February 25th, 2002. Also, the SEP report will be presented to the 
Council at its meeting on the week of March 11th, 2002 in Mobile, AL.

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    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 Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
action to address the emergency.
    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 by 
January 31, 2002.

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-1897 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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