[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21720]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081903D]


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: The SEP meeting will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, September 10, 2003, and will conclude at 12 noon on Friday, 
September 12, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Omni Royal Orleans, 621 St. 
Louis Street, New Orleans, LA; telephone: 504-529-5333.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-
228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP will meet to review available social 
and economic information on yellowtail snapper. The SEP will also 
review a project proposal, submitted to the Council by researchers from 
Florida State University, that will attempt to estimate the economic 
impacts of the various fisheries in the Gulf. In addition, the SEP will 
hear presentations on the individual fishing quota for the red snapper 
commercial fishery.
    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 in October 
2003 in Tampa, FL and to the Council at its meeting on November 9-12, 
2003 in Biloxi, MS.
    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 September 3, 2003.

    Dated: August 20, 2003.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-21720 Filed 8-25-03; 8:45 am]
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