[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38472-38473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13955]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 052902E]


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 meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of the Shrimp Stock Assessment Panel (SSAP) 
from June 17-19, 2002.

DATES: The Council's SSAP will convene at 1:30 p.m. (CST) on Monday, 
June 17, 2002 and conclude by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, 2002.

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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton 
Hotel, 109 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: Mr. Rick Leard, Deputy Executive 
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-
228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will convene its SSAP to review 
an Options Paper for Amendment 13 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP) that contains alternatives for defining maximum sustainable yield 
(MSY), optimum yield (OY), overfishing and the overfished condition for 
shrimp stocks in the Gulf of Mexico. The SSAP may also consider these 
parameters for rock shrimp that are currently not part of the 
management unit of the Shrimp FMP; however, the Council will be 
considering adding this stock to the Shrimp FMP. Finally, the SSAP may 
consider a bycatch quota for the shrimp fishery and what impacts it may 
have on shrimp and bycatch stocks, particularly red snapper.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the SSAP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 
issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. 
Actions of the SSAP 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 
June 10, 2002.

    Dated: May 30, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-13955 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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