[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 92 (Thursday, May 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29532-29533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11207]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE617


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 
and a half day meeting of its Standing, Socioeconomic, Shrimp, Spiny 
Lobster, and Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, and 
end at 12 noon on Friday, June 3, 2016. To view the agenda, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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

Day 1--Wednesday, June 1, 2016; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

I. Introductions and Adoption of Agenda
II. Selection of SSC representative at June, 2016 Council meeting
Standing and Socioeconomic SSC Session
III. Socioeconomic considerations for sector management
    a. Reef Fish Amendment 41 (Red Snapper Charter for Hire)
    b. Reef Fish Amendment 42 (Reef Fish Headboat Management)
IV. Grouper/Tilefish IFQ 5-year Review (Market Power Analysis)
Standing, Socioeconomic, and Shrimp SSC Session
V. Approval of March 8, 2016 Standing and Special Shrimp SSC minutes
VI. Shrimp Amendment 17B (OY, MSY, number of permits, permit pool, 
transit provisions)
    a. Review of amendment
    b. Aggregate MSY/OY Working Group summary
Standing, Socioeconomic, and Spiny Lobster SSC Session
VII. Approval of spiny lobster portion of March 10, 2015 Standing, 
Special Shrimp, and Special Spiny Lobster SSC minutes
VIII. Review of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 (preliminary) Spiny Lobster 
Landings
    a. Spiny Lobster Review Panel summary
    b. Spiny Lobster AP summary
IX. Other Non-Reef Fish Business
Standing and Reef Fish SSC Session
X. Approval of January 5-6, 2016 Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC 
minutes
XI. SSC members serving as Council state designees
XII. Discussion of Methods to Address Recreational Red Snapper ACL 
Underharvests

Day 2--Thursday, June 2, 2016; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Standing and Reef Fish SSC Session (continued)
XIII. Review and Approval of Terms of Reference
    a. Gag update assessment
    b. Greater amberjack update assessment
XIV. Review of Research and Operational Cycles for SEDAR Stock 
Assessments
XV. Review of SEDAR Assessment Schedule
    a. Review of SEDAR schedule as of April 2016
    b. Council recommendations for 2019 stock assessments
XVI. Decision Tool for Gray Triggerfish Bag Limits, Size Limits, and 
Closed Season Analyses
XVII. SEDAR 45 Vermilion Snapper standard assessment
XVIII. Reevaluation of SSC Recommendation for Hogfish Equilibrium ABC
XIX. OY Exceeding MSY in Some Scenarios

Day 3--Friday, June 2, 2016; 8:30 a.m.-12 noon

Standing and Reef Fish Session (continued)
XX. Review of Draft Amendment 44-MSST and MSY Proxies for Reef Fish 
Stocks
XXI. Reef Fish Other Business

-- 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-
2016-06.''
    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

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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.

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

     Dated: May 9, 2016.
 Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
 Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-11207 Filed 5-11-16; 8:45 am]
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