[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 244 (Friday, December 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82446-82447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27971]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0649-XA703]


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 (Council) will 
hold a 3-day meeting via webinar of its Standing, Reef Fish, Mackerel, 
Socioeconomic and Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC)

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2021 to 
Thursday, January 7, 2021. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via webinar; you may register by 
visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the SSC meeting on the 
calendar.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 
Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, January 5, 2021; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., EST

    The meeting will begin with Introductions and Adoption of Agenda, 
Approval of Verbatim Minutes and Meeting Summary from September 14-15, 
2020 webinar meeting and October 30, 2020 joint webinar meeting with 
the South Atlantic SSC, review Scope of Work, selection of SSC 
Representative for the January 25-28, 2021 Gulf Council Meeting.
    The Committees will review SEDAR 70: Gulf of Mexico Greater 
Amberjack Stock Assessment; SEDAR 70 Stock Assessment Report, 
Presentation and Projections, Something's Fishy and Stock Assessment 
Executive Summary. The Committees will then discuss the Sea Grant/NMFS 
Greater Amberjack Research Program, and adjourn for the day.

Wednesday, January 6, 2021; 9 a.m.-5 p.m., EST

    The Committees will review and hold discussions on Red Grouper 
Recreational Landings Data, followed by a Review of Council Proposed 
Interim Analysis Schedule. The Committees will then review Red Snapper 
Supply Chains and Markets, followed by the Great Red Snapper Count 
(GRSC), including a presentation, the project report, and a discussion 
on SEFSC integration of GRSC data into the interim analysis process. 
The Committees will then review Testing assumptions about sex change 
and spatial management in the protogynous gag grouper, Mycteroperca 
microlepis, and then adjourn for the day.

Thursday, January 7, 2021; 9 a.m.-3 p.m., EST

    The Committees will review a presentation and background materials 
on Gulf of Mexico Habitat Research, and will then discuss. The 
Committees will then review a Request for Participants: SEDAR 79: 
Southeastern U.S. Mutton Snapper.
    The Committees will consider carryover of uncaught commercial quota 
for Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) managed species; and, will review a 
presentation on 2020 Commercial landings for IFQ species, consider 
updated ABC recommendations for IFQ species in 2021 and receive a 
summary presentation on Carryover Provisions and Framework 
Modifications.
    Lastly, the Committee will discuss Other Business items and receive 
public comment.
--Meeting Adjourns
    The meeting will be broadcast via webinar. You may register for the 
webinar by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the SSC meeting 
on the calendar.
    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with 
other meeting materials will be posted on www.gulfcouncil.org as they 
become available.
    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 
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.


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

    Dated: December 15, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-27971 Filed 12-17-20; 8:45 am]
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