[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49989-49990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20311]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE112


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a two-
day meeting of its Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 1-
2, 2015, starting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 
and will end at approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Westshore Tampa 
Airport Hotel, 2225 N. Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 
877-6688.

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    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 
[email protected], telephone: (813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Chairman will start the meeting with introductions and adoption 
of the agenda, and will hold elections for a new chair and vice-chair. 
The Committee will then review and approve the minutes from the May 20, 
2015 Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC meeting. The Committee will 
receive a report from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) on 
the SEDAR 42 Red Grouper Benchmark Assessment. If the Committee accepts 
the assessment and sufficient information is available, the Committee 
will recommend overfishing limits (OFL) and acceptable biological catch 
(ABC) levels for red grouper. The Committee will discuss best practices 
for constant catch Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) projections, and 
will recommend a constant catch ABC for the west Florida shelf stock of 
hogfish based on analysis provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife 
Research Institute. The Committee will also receive a report from the 
SEFSC on the SEDAR 43 Gray Triggerfish Standard Assessment. If the 
Committee accepts the assessment and sufficient information is 
available, the Committee will recommend overfishing limits (OFL) and 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) levels for gray triggerfish. The 
Committee will review and discuss best practices for determining the 
number of years to provide Overfishing Limits (OFL) and ABC 
projections. They will review and approve the terms of reference for a 
review of an upcoming SEDAR 47 Goliath Grouper Standard Assessment, and 
will select two SSC members to participate as the Chair and Reviewer at 
the Review Workshop. The Committee will receive a report on Integrated 
Ecosystem Assessment and Management Strategy Evaluation as it pertains 
to single-species assessments. Finally, the Committee will review the 
SEDAR Assessment Schedule and tentative meeting dates for 2016 SSC 
meetings; and will discuss of Other Business, if any.
Meeting Adjourns
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with 
other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's 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''. 
Click on the ``Library Folder'', then scroll down to ``SSC meeting-
2015-09''.
    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 other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the Scientific and Statistical Committee 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 
Committee 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 Gulf Council Office (see 
ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: August 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20311 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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