[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 7444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3197]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XU45


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 (Council) will 
convene a web based meeting of the ABC Control Rule Working Group 
(Group).

DATES: The webinar meeting will convene at 10 a.m. eastern time on 
Friday, March 5, 2010 and is expected end at 12 noon.

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 will meet 
to discuss and finalize a draft of the acceptable biological catch 
(ABC) control rule being developed. The discussion will include 
completion of a table of dimensions, tiers within dimensions, and 
points for use in developing the appropriate probability of overfishing 
to use for stocks that have adequate data to use the P-star approach to 
determining ABC. For data-poor stocks, those with inadequate data to 
apply the P-star approach, the Group will complete development of a 
decision tree of dimensions and tiers within dimensions to use in 
selecting an appropriate alternative approach to setting ABC that makes 
the best use of the available data. For each of the methods, the Group 
will select stocks to use as case studies in applying the method. The 
Group will also discuss what advice it can provide to the Council on 
setting a minimum stock threshold below which harvest will not be 
allowed.
    Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by 
calling (813) 348-1630. Materials will also be available to download 
from the ABC Control Rule Working Group folder of the Council's FTP 
site (http://ftp.gulfcouncil.org, login i.d. is anonymous, leave 
password blank).
    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.

    Dated: February 16, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-3197 Filed 2-18-10; 8:45 am]
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