[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-25248]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA720


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of an addendum to a Council 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. on 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: This notice was originally published in the 
Federal Register on September 22, 2011 (76 FR 58783). This notice is 
being republished in its entirety due to an additional agenda item.
    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 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 27, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-25248 Filed 9-29-11; 8:45 am]
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