[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37395-37396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13405]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 052102F]


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 Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).

DATES: A meeting of the SEP will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 12, 2002, and will conclude at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 
14, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel, 
701 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA; telephone: 504-524-
8200.
    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; 
telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP will meet to review available social 
and economic information on Gulf king and Spanish mackerel and to 
determine the social and economic implications of the levels of 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommended by the Council's Mackerel 
Stock Assessment Panel (MSAP). The SEP may recommend to the Council 
total allowable catch (TAC) levels for the 2003 fishing year and 
certain management measures associated with achieving the TACs. In 
addition, the SEP will review the results of a bioeconomic modeling 
evaluation of the measures proposed in the Secretarial amendment for 
rebuilding the red grouper stock.
    A report will be prepared by the SEP containing their conclusions 
and recommendations. The red grouper part of the 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 June 24, 2002 in Tampa, FL and to 
the Council at its meeting on the week of July 8, 2002 in Sarasota, FL. 
The mackerel portion of the report will be presented for review to the 
Council's Mackerel Advisory Panel and Standing and Special Mackerel 
Scientific and Statistical Committee at meetings to be held on the week 
of July 29, 2002 in New Orleans, LA and to the Council at its meeting 
on the week of September 9, 2002 in Metairie, LA.
    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 agenda 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 this meeting. 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.

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 June 5, 2002.


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    Dated: May 23, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-13405 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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