[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12341-12342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5026]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA267
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 convene a
meeting of the Standing, Special Mackerel and Special Reef Fish
Scientific and Statistical Committees.
DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 pm on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 and
conclude by noon on Friday, March 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel,
739 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: (504) 962-0500.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone:
(813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Standing and Special Mackerel SSC will
meet jointly on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 to review the Council's
preferred alternative for an acceptable biological catch (ABC) control
rule, and then to review available biological information and recommend
an overfishing limit (OFL) and ABC for Gulf group king mackerel, Gulf
group Spanish mackerel and cobia based on the ABC control rule. The
remainder of the meeting will be a joint meeting of the Standing and
Special Reef Fish SSC. The Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC will
review an update assessment for greater amberjack and recommend an OFL
and ABC based on the assessment and the ABC control rule. The SSC will
also reconsider its previous recommendation for an ABC for red grouper
in light of new analyses that was reviewed by the SSC in January.
The SSC will also recommend OFL and ABC for several data-poor
stocks using the ABC control rule, including scamp, yellowedge grouper,
yellowtail snapper, hogfish, golden tilefish, mid-water snapper complex
(blackfin snapper, silk snapper, Queen snapper, and Wenchman), deep-
water grouper
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complex (warsaw grouper, snowy grouper, misty grouper, and speckled
hind), and will reconsider previous recommendations made using an
earlier draft of the ABC control rule for lane snapper, tilefish
complex (blueline tilefish, anchor tilefish, blackline tilefish, and
goldface tilefish), and the amberjacks complex (Almaco jack, banded
rudderfish, and lesser amberjack). The SSC will also review potential
criteria for removal of selected species from the Reef Fish Fishery
Management Plan. The above actions are to assist the Council in
preparing a generic amendment to set annual catch limits and
accountability measures for stocks under its management. The SSC will
also review its previous comments on proposed revisions to the SEDAR
stock assessment process and may submit those comments to the SEDAR
Steering Committee. The SSC will also review and may recommend changes
to the schedule of upcoming SEDAR stock assessments. Finally, the SSC
will review proposed dates for scheduling SSC meetings for the
remainder of 2011.
Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by
calling (813) 348-1630 or can be downloaded from the Council's ftp
site, ftp.gulfcouncil.org.
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
Committees 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 Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: March 2, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-5026 Filed 3-4-11; 8:45 am]
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