[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 218 (Friday, November 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 58601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27266]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XS85


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 
joint meeting of the Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and 
Statistical Committees.

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 
and conclude by 12 p.m. on Thursday, December 3, 2009. The meeting will 
be webcast over the internet. A link to the webcast will be available 
on the Council's web site, http://www.gulfcouncil.org.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton, 901 Airline Drive, 
Kenner, LA 70062.
    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: On the first day of the meeting, the 
Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees 
and the Red Snapper Advisory Panel will meet jointly to hear a 
presentation on the update stock assessment for red snapper. Following 
the presentation, the Scientific and Statistical Committees and 
Advisory Panel will reconvene separately to continue any discussion of 
the update stock assessment and make any management recommendations. 
The Scientific and Statistical Committees will evaluate the adequacy of 
the assessment for management purposes and will recommend a level of 
acceptable biological catch. The acceptable biological catch is a catch 
level which the Council cannot exceed when setting the annual catch 
limit for red snapper. The Scientific and Statistical Committees will 
also review a draft Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule that is 
being developed by an Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule Working 
Group, will discuss acceptable biological catch Control rules for data-
moderate and data-poor stocks, review analyses of species groupings and 
recommend groupings for Acceptable Biological Catches, and discuss the 
next steps to take in the development of acceptable biological catch 
control rules. The recommendations made by the Scientific and 
Statistical Committees will be presented to the Council at its February 
1 - 4, 2010 meeting in Mobile, AL.
    Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by 
calling (813) 348-1630 or can be downloaded from the Council's ftp 
site, ftp.gulfcouncil.org.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the Scientific and Statistical Committees for discussion, in 
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during this meeting. Actions of the Scientific and Statistical 
Committees 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 Fishery Conservation and Management 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 O'Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: November 9, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-27266 Filed 11-12-09; 8:45 am]
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