[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 72793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29690]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA055


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Council to convene a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a meeting of the Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and 
Statistical Committees.

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Monday, December 13, 2010 
and conclude by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 
33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
    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 Committee will meet to discuss 
attendance issues and problems with achieving a quorum, plus review 
several issues related to development of the generic annual catch 
limit/accountability measures amendment. These issues include a review 
of the latest version of the draft acceptable biological catch control 
rule, and a discussion on the use of judgment calls and use of mean 
catch to define the overfishing limit when setting the acceptable 
biological catch for data poor species. The Committee will also review 
the use of in-season accountability measures as part of a system of 
accountability measures for sectors that exceed their annual catch 
limits, and proposed revisions to species groupings to be used in 
setting annual catch limits. Finally, the Committee will make 
recommendations for acceptable biological catch, and overfishing limit 
if necessary, for all stocks in the generic annual catch limit/
accountability measures amendment that are still in need of such 
recommendations.
    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 Trish Kennedy at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: November 19, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-29690 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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