[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10446-10447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022103E]


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, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 
Management Councils (Councils), in cooperation with NMFS's Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center, will hold a series of data workshops as part 
of the Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process.

DATES: The data workshops will be held in March 2003. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific times and dates.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Florida Marine Research 
Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue, Southeast, St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095; 
telephone: 727-896-8626.
    Copies of documents are available from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL, 
33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Steele, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, Southeast Regional Office, 9721 North Executive Center Drive, 
St. Petersburg, FL, 33702; telephone 727-570-5305; fax 727-570-5583; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Councils, in cooperation with NMFS's 
Southeast Fisheries Science Center, will hold a series of data 
workshops as part of the SEDAR process. The purpose of these data 
workshops will be to convene a select panel of scientists, industry 
representatives, and other knowledgeable persons to review available 
fishery data of all types on particular species, provide additional 
data that may not be presently known,

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and recommend data needs required for future stock assessments. Also, 
approaches to gather additional needed data will be identified.

Meeting Times

    There will be three data workshops for each of the three species 
that are currently of interest to at least two of the Councils. The 
first data workshop will consider data for yellow tail snapper, which 
involves all three Councils. It will be held from 1 p.m. March 3, 2003, 
to 5 p.m. March 4, 2003. The second data workshop will be for goliath 
grouper and will also involve all three Councils. It will be held from 
8 a.m. from March 5, 2003, to 12 noon on March 6, 2003. The third data 
workshop will be for vermilion snapper and will involve the Gulf of 
Mexico and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils. It will be held from 
1 p.m. on March 6, 2003, to 5 p.m. March 7, 2003.
    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 
February 25, 2003.

    Dated: February 27, 2003.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-5069 Filed 2-27-03; 3:44 pm]
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