[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70719-70720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29970]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 112002A]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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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, December 11, 2002, and will conclude at 4 p.m. on Friday, 
December 13, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Tampa Airport 
Westshore, 2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL; telephone: 813-877-6688.
    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 red grouper and yellowedge grouper stocks 
and to determine the social and economic implications of the levels of 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommended by the Council's Reef 
Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP). 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 hear presentations on bioeconomic 
modeling. Dr. Wade Griffin of Texas A&M University will discuss the 
details of his bioeconomic model and results of a bioeconomic modeling 
evaluation of the Texas shrimp closure. Dr. John Ward of the National 
Marine Fisheries Service will present his research on multi-species 
bioeconomic models. Dr. Lee Anderson (with Mr. Dohoon Kim) of the 
University of Delaware will present his bioeconomic model for red 
grouper and yellowedge grouper.
    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 December 4, 2002.

    Dated: November 21, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-29970 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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