[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3552]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XF81


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a 
Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 
and conclude no later than 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 12600 
Roosevelt Blvd., St. Petersburg, FL 33716; telephone: (727) 572-7800.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
(813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef Fish AP will review draft Reef Fish 
Amendment 30B to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 30B 
contains potential management measures to define overfishing and 
overfished thresholds and an optimum yield (OY) target for gag, end 
overfishing of gag, increase the total allowable catch (TAC) of the red 
grouper stock to its OY level, establish recreational and commercial 
allocations for gag and red grouper, establish accountability measures 
for gag to assure compliance with ending overfishing, adjust commercial 
grouper quotas and recreational grouper bag limits, closed seasons, 
and/or size limits, reduce discards and discard mortality of groupers, 
establish a new reef fish marine reserve and/or extend the duration of 
the existing Madison-Swanson and Steamboat Lumps marine reserves, and 
require that federally permitted reef fish vessels comply with the more 
restrictive of federal or state reef fish regulations when fishing in 
state waters.
    Copies of the agendas and other related materials can be obtained 
by calling (813) 348-1630.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come 
before the AP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 
issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. 
Actions of the AP 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

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: February 21, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-3552 Filed 2-25-08; 8:45 am]
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