[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32580-32581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2853]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 053105A]


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 its Red Snapper Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will be convene at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 20, 2005 
and conclude no later than noon on Tuesday, June 21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the San Luis Resort, Spa and 
Conference Center, 5222 Seawall Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77551.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
813.228.2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council (Council) will convene its Red Snapper Advisory Panel (AP) to 
review the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) reports of a 
red snapper stock assessment. The AP will receive a summary of the 
stock assessment and a review of the recommendations of the SEDAR 
Panel. Based on the information provided, the AP may make 
recommendations to the Council for total allowable catch (TAC) and 
management measures to achieve TAC, including size limits, bag limits, 
trip limits, closed seasons, and whether to treat red snapper in the 
eastern and western Gulf of Mexico as two stocks or one. The Council 
will receive the AP's recommendations at its July 11-15, 2005 meeting 
in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, along with the recommendations of the 
Council's Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) and Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC), and may use these recommendations as the basis to 
begin preparation of a Reef Fish Regulatory Amendment to adjust the red 
snapper TAC and management measures.
    The meeting agenda and copies of the Red Snapper Stock Assessment 
and the SEDAR reports can be obtained on CD by calling the Council 
office at 813.228.2815 (toll-free 888.833.1844). Printed copies of the 
materials are available upon request, but may not contain all of the 
information included in the CD.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the Red Snapper AP for discussion, in accordance with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (M-SFCMA), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these 
meetings. Actions of the Red

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Snapper AP will be restricted to those issues specifically identified 
in the agenda and any issues arising after publication of this notice 
that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the M-SFCMA, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
action to address the emergency. The established times for addressing 
items on the agenda may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the 
untimely completion of discussion relevant to other agenda items. In 
order to further allow for such adjustments and completion of all items 
on the agenda, the meeting may be extended from or completed prior to 
the date established in this notice.
    The meeting is 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) by June 13, 2005.

    Dated: May 31, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-2853 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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