[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40999-41000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18302]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF644


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 3-
day meeting of its Standing, Reef Fish, and Socioeconomics Scientific 
and Statistical Committees (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will convene on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, September 13, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
and Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Gulf Council's Conference 
Room.
    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: 

Day 1--Tuesday, September 12, 2017; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

I. Introductions and Adoption of Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes
    a. March 27-29, 2017 SSC meeting
    b. May 10, 2017 SSC webinar
III. Selection of SSC representative at October 2-5, 2017 Council 
meeting in Biloxi, MS
Standing and Socioeconomic SSC Session
IV. Grouper and Tilefish 5-year IFQ Review
    a. Safety at sea
    b. Stakeholders survey

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Standing, Socioeconomic and Reef Fish SSC Session
V. Alternative Approaches to Recreational Red Snapper Management
    a. Review of relevant legislative approaches
    b. Other alternative approaches to recreational red snapper 
management
Standing and Reef Fish SSC Session
VI. Further Development of a Stock Assessment Prioritization 
Spreadsheet

Day 2--Wednesday, September 13, 2017: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

VII. Review of Draft Status Determination Criteria Options Paper
VIII. A Comparison of Recent Stock Assessment Results Using SS3 vs. 
DLMToolkit
    a. Greater amberjack
    b. Gray triggerfish
IX. SEDAR Activities
    a. Status of SEDAR 48--black grouper benchmark assessment
    b. FWC Gulf hogfish update assessment--Terms of Reference
    c. SEDAR 61 Gulf red grouper standard assessment
    i. Terms of reference
    ii. Project schedule
    iii. Assessment workshop appointments
X. Review of Draft Generic Amendment--Carry-over Provision and 
Framework Modifications
    a. Simulation of the Effect of Carrying Over Unused ACL

Day 3--Thursday, September 14, 2017: 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

XI. Evaluating Robustness of Harvest Control Rules to Future Red Tide 
Events
XII. Spawning Aggregations in the Gulf of Mexico
    a. RESTORE Act Science Program project on spawning aggregations in 
the Gulf of Mexico
    b. Prediction and Verification of Snapper-Grouper Spawning 
Aggregation Sites on the Offshore Banks of the Northwestern Gulf of 
Mexico
XIII. Review of Framework Action to Modify the ACT for Red Snapper 
Federal For-Hire and Private Angler Components
XIV. Review of Closed Season Decision Tool and Analysis for Greater 
Amberjack
XV. Tentative 2018 SSC Meeting Dates
XVI. Other Business
--Meeting Adjourns

    You may register for the SSC Meeting: Standing, Reef Fish, and 
Socioeconomic on September 12-14, 2017 at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4690969987648505603.
    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--
2017-09''.
    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 24, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-18302 Filed 8-28-17; 8:45 am]
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