[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 83 (Friday, April 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 23997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-10373]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA400


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 will convene a 
meeting of the Standing, Special Mackerel and Special Reef Fish 
Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 and 
conclude by 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2011.

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.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Standing and Special Mackerel SSC will 
meet jointly on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 to review available biological 
information and reconsider its overfishing limit (OFL) and acceptable 
biological catch (ABC) recommendations from its March meeting for Gulf 
group Spanish mackerel and cobia. The remainder of the meeting will be 
a joint meeting of the Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC. The Standing 
and Special Reef Fish SSC will discuss the protocols and requirements 
for transcribing and recording of its meetings. The SSC will then 
review benchmark assessments of yellowedge grouper and tilefish, and 
will recommend OFL and ABC based on the assessments and the ABC control 
rule. The SSC will also review reruns of the projection analyses for 
the 2009 update assessments of gag, red grouper and red snapper, but 
will incorporate actual landings data for 2009 and 2010 rather than the 
original projected landings for those years, and will reconsider its 
ABC recommendations for 2011 and beyond based on the results of the 
reruns. Finally, the SSC will review and recommend OFL and ABC using 
the ABC control rule for several data-poor stocks and stock groupings 
that resulted from revisions to the proposed stock grouping made at the 
April Council meeting, including a revised mid-water snapper complex 
(silk snapper, Wenchman), tilefish complex (tilefish, blueline 
tilefish, goldface tilefish), shallow-water grouper complex (black 
grouper, scamp, yellowmouth grouper), deep-water grouper complex 
(yellowedge grouper, warsaw grouper, snowy grouper, speckled hind), and 
Cubera snapper. The above actions are to assist the Council in 
preparing a generic amendment to set annual catch limits and 
accountability measures for stocks under its management.
    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 Kathy Pereira at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: April 26, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-10373 Filed 4-28-11; 8:45 am]
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