[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 184 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58783-58784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24302]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA719


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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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 Shrimp and Special Reef Fish 
Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 
and conclude by 12 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 
33607.
    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 Standing and Special Shrimp SSC will 
meet jointly on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 to review benchmark stock 
assessments on brown shrimp, white shrimp and pink shrimp, and may 
consider recommending definitions of overfishing limit (OFL) and 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) based on those assessments. 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 
review and make recommendations on the SEDAR stock assessment schedule. 
The SSC will then review update assessments of gray triggerfish and 
vermilion snapper, and will recommend OFL and ABC for those stocks 
based on the assessments. The SSC will also discuss data needs from the 
Southeast Fisheries Science Center in order to reevaluate the 2012 red 
snapper annual catch limit during their next meeting. A representative 
from the Southeast Regional Office will present the methodology used to 
calculate the length of the red snapper recreational season, and will 
review a set of Excel spreadsheets used as decision tools for 
evaluating commercial and recreational greater amberjack management 
measures under Reef Fish Amendment 35. SSC members who attended the 
October 4-6, 2011 National SSC meeting in Williamsburg, VA will give a 
report on that meeting, and the Chair of the Ecosystem SSC will present 
a summary of the September 15, 2011 Ecosystem SSC webinar. The SSC will 
then discuss possible revisions to the definition of optimum yield 
based on the revised National Standard 1 guidelines, and will review 
the tentative schedule of SSC meetings planned for 2012.
    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: September 16, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-24302 Filed 9-21-11; 8:45 am]
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