[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52953-52954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24740]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XS32


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 
web based meeting of the ABC Control Rule Working Group.

DATES: The webinar meeting will convene at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on 
Friday, October 30, 2009 and is expected to end at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The webinar will be accessible via internet. Please go to 
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's website at 
www.gulfcouncil.org for instructions.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 
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 ABC Control Rule Working Group is an ad 
hoc group composed of members of the Standing Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC), Council members and Council staff that has 
been tasked with developing a framework, or control rule, for setting 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) levels for stocks and stock complexes 
managed by the Council. The Working Group will meet to discuss a draft 
of the ABC control rule being developed. The discussion will include a 
review of Council recommendations to the group on acceptable levels of 
risk and a discussion of productivity-susceptibility analyses (PSA) 
methods for adoption into the control rule. The Working Group will also 
develop an outline for a presentation of its draft control rule by an 
SSC representative at the National SSC Workshop in November.
    Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by 
calling (813) 348-1630.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the ABC Control Rule Working Group 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 this meeting. Actions of the Working Group 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 Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This webinar is accessible to people with disabilities. For 
assistance with any of our webinars contact Tina O'Hern at the Council 
(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior to the webinar.


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    Dated: October 9, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-24740 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
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