[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01146]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-729


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Spiny Lobster Review Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, February 9, 2015, from 9 
a.m. Until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Beachside 
Key West Hotel, located at 3841 North Roosevelt Boulevard, Key West, FL 
33040; telephone: (305) 296-8100.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630; 
fax: (813) 348-1711; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion on the agenda are as 
follows:

Spiny Lobster Review Panel Agenda, Monday, February 9, 2015, 9 a.m. 
until 5 p.m.

    1. Introductions.
    2. Council charge--``If the ACT is exceeded the Councils will 
convene a review panel to determine if corrective action is necessary 
to prevent the ACL from being exceeded. Furthermore, if the catch 
exceeds the ACL more than once in the last four consecutive years, the 
entire system of ACLs and AMs would be re-evaluated as required by the 
National Standard 1 guidelines.''
    3. Scope of work.
    4. Recent spiny lobster landings.
    5. Potential factors contributing to landings increase--topics for 
discussion:
    a. Former stock assessment summary.
    b. Economic value through time.
    i. Other factors affecting effort and catch.
    c. Stone crab landings.
    d. Types of effort, permits, and landings.
    e. Overview of Annual Catch Target/Annual Catch Limit/Overfishing 
Limit using different metrics.
    i. Time series analyses of ACT, ACL, and OFL.
    ii. Mean  1 s.d., 1.5 s.d., and 2 s.d. using the most 
recent 10 years data (in Amendment 10).
    iii. Mean  1 s.d., 1.5 s.d., and 2 s.d. from 2000-
present.
    f. Other.
    i. PaV1 disease prevalence.
    ii. Genetic information.
    6. Discussion and panel recommendations.
    7. Other Business.
    --Adjourn--
    For meeting materials see folder ``Spiny Lobster Review Panel 
meeting Feb 2015'' on Gulf Council file server. To access the file 
server, the URL is https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or go to the Council's Web site and click on the FTP link in 
the lower left of the Council Web site (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). 
The username and password are both ``gulfguest''. The Agenda is subject 
to change.
    The meeting will be webcast over the internet. A link to the 
webcast will be available on the Council's Web site, http://www.gulfcouncil.org.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice 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 final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The 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 Office (see 
ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.


    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 20, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-01146 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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