[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17530-17531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8052]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032701A]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a 
public meeting of the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel (MSAP).

DATES: This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2001, 
and will conclude by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-
228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MSAP will convene to review stock 
assessment updates for Gulf and Atlantic group king and Spanish 
mackerel. The MSAP will consider available information, including but 
not limited to, commercial and recreational catches, natural and 
fishing mortality estimates, recruitment, fishery-dependent and 
fishery-independent data, bycatch and bycatch mortality, and data 
needs. These analyses will be used to determine the condition of the 
stocks and possibly the levels of acceptable biological catch (ABC) for 
the 2001-02 fishing year. The MSAP may also review estimates/proxies 
for maximum sustainable yield (MSY), overfishing and overfished 
definitions, management targets, and rebuilding schedules.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in the agenda may come 
before the MSAP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA), those issues may not 
be the subject of formal MSAP action during this meeting. MSAP action 
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be restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice 
and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under section 305 (c) of the MSFCMA, provided the 
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action 
to address the emergency. A copy of the MSAP agenda can be obtained by 
calling (813) 228-2815.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by 
April 9, 2001.

    Dated: March 27, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-8052 Filed 3-30-01; 8:45 am]
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