[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4745]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022604D]


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 9 a.m. on 
Thursday, March 18, 2004 and will conclude at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 
19, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree Hotel, 4500 West 
Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-879-4800.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 discuss an analyses of 
interactions between red snapper and vermilion snapper fisheries; 
review recreational economic literature; review Shrimp Amendments 13 
and 14 Options Papers; and will hear a presentation 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 April 
2004 in Tampa, FL and to the Council at its meeting on May 17-20, 2004 
in Key Largo, FL.
    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 March 11, 2004.

    Dated: February 27, 2004.
Peter H. Fricke,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-4745 Filed 3-2-04; 8:45 am]
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