[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 16510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06630]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE844]


Gulf 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 Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) will hold a 
one-day in-person meeting of their Standing and Shrimp Scientific and 
Statistical Committees (SSCs).

DATES: The meeting will be held Thursday, May 8, 2025; 8:30 a.m.-5 
p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Gulf Council office. 
Registration information will be available on the Council's website by 
visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the ``meeting tab''.
    Council address: Gulf Council, 4107 W Spruce Street, Suite 200, 
Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Thursday, May 8, 2025; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., EDT

    The meeting will begin with introductions and adoption of agenda, 
review and approval of minutes and summary from the February 2025 SSC 
Meeting, and scope of work.
    The SSC will review revised overfishing limit and acceptable 
biological catch recommendations for SEDAR 88, including a presentation 
and SSC discussion. The SSC will then discuss Status Determination 
Criteria and Overfishing Limits (OFL) and Acceptable Biological Catch 
(ABC) Projections Settings for Gulf Stock Assessments, and SEDAR 68 
Updated Projections for Scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper including 
presentations, background materials and SSC discussion.
    Following lunch, the SSC will review the Center for Independent 
Experts (CIE) Independent Peer Review of the Shrimp Bycatch Estimation 
Methodology for Finfish Species, New Bycatch Estimates and Other 
Analyses for Smalltooth Sawfish and Giant Manta Ray, and Population 
Viability Analysis for Endangered and Threatened Resources that 
Interact with the Shrimp Fishery, including presentations and SSC 
discussions.
    The SSC will review the SEDAR Process Update, SEDAR 100: Gulf Gray 
Triggerfish Participants for Review Phase, SSC SEDAR Workshops Updates 
for SEDAR 87 Gulf Penaeid Shrimp Assessment Process and SEDAR 98 Gulf 
Red Snapper Data Workshop, and Takeaways from Science Coordination 
Subcommittee, including presentations and SSC discussion.
    Public comments will be heard at the end of the day, if any, 
followed by review of any Other Business items.

--Meeting Adjourns

    The meeting will also 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.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should 
be directed to Kathy Pereira, (813) 348-1630, at least 5 days prior to 
the meeting date.

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

    Dated: April 14, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-06630 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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