[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51069-51070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18806]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081104F]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of its Standing and Special Mackerel 
Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSCs) to review stock assessment 
reports and proposed revisions to the guidelines for National Standard 
One.

DATES: The Council's Standing and Special Mackerel SSCs will convene 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be at the DoubleTree Guest Suites Tampa 
Bay, 3050 North Rocky Point Drive West, Tampa, FL; telephone: 813-888-
8800.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Rick Leard, Deputy Executive 
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 
301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council will convene its Standing and Special Mackerel SSC to review 
stock assessment information on mackerel stocks that were developed as 
part of the Southeast Area Data and Assessment Review (SEDAR) 5 
workshops. As part of the stock assessment process, three workshops 
were held between December 2003 and April 2004. The first workshop 
reviewed available data that would be used to develop stock assessments 
for Gulf and Atlantic group king mackerel. The second workshop provided 
a forum for developing the stock assessment, and the third workshop was 
a peer review of the stock assessment. The SSC will review the workshop 
reports as well as other information that was made available to the 
workshop attendees and provide the Council with a determination of 
whether the assessment reflects the best available scientific 
information. The SSC will also review draft revised guidelines for 
implementing National Standard 1 or the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management

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Act (Magnuson Act) that addresses overfishing and achieving optimum 
yield from the Nation's fisheries.
    Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by 
calling 813-228-2815.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come 
before the SSCs for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson Act, 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these 
meetings. Actions of the SSC 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 Act, provided the public has been notified of 
the Council's intent to take action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are open to the public and physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Dawn Aring at the Council 
(see ADDRESSES) office by August 18, 2004.

    Dated: August 12, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-18806 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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