[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3931]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 122904A]


Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Spiny Lobster 
Data Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of data workshop for Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic 
Spiny Lobster.

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SUMMARY: The State of Florida, along with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council (GMFMC) and the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council (SAFMC), will hold a data workshop, the first in a series of 
three workshops, to evaluate the stock status of the spiny lobster.

DATES: The data workshop will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 
25, 2005, and conclude no later that 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 27, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: The data workshop will be held at the Florida State Regional 
Service Center, 2796 Overseas Highway, Suite 104, Marathon, FL.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301, North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stu Kennedy, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: 813[dash]228[dash]2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A data workshop will be held to generate an 
assessment data set on the Gulf of Mexico/South Atlantic Spiny Lobster. 
The assessment data set will include catch statistics, discard 
estimates, length and age composition, fishery descriptions, biological 
sampling intensity, fishery dependent and fishery independent 
monitoring results and life history characteristics. Workshop 
participants will draft preliminary Assessment Report sections. 
Participants include data collectors, database managers, stock 
assessment scientists, biologists, fisheries researchers, fishermen, 
environmentalists, Council members, international experts and staff of 
Councils, Commissions, and state and Federal agencies.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
    These meetings are 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) by January 7, 2005.

    Dated: December 30, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-3931 Filed 1-4-05; 8:45 am]
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