[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 79674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31311]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD054
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of the ABC Control Rule Working Group (Working Group)
and Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical
Committees (SSC).
DATES: The meetings will be held from 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22
until 3 p.m. on Friday, January 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Gulf of Fishery Management
Council office, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Atran, Senior Fishery
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813)
348-1630; fax: (813) 348-1711; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the individual
meeting agendas are as follows:
ABC Control Rule Working Group Agenda, Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 1
p.m. Until 5 p.m.
The Working Group is a subset of the SSC that also includes members
from the NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Its function is to
develop and evaluate potential revisions to the ABC control rule that
was implemented in 2012. Agenda items for the working group include:
1. Review of Alternative Approaches To Setting ABC To Account for
Scientific Uncertainty
a. Impose a pre-specified coefficient of variation into the pdf based
on expert judgment of the SSC
b. Establish a buffer below OFL of 0% to 25%, based on species life
history (e.g., longer-lived species get a larger buffer)
c. Modify the Tier 1 spreadsheet to develop a score that would be used
to determine the number of standard deviations to add to the pdf
d. SEFSC approaches based on Ralton et al. (2011)
e. Expand the range of potential P* values in the Tier 1 spreadsheet
from 30%-50% to 1%-50%
f. Other approaches
g. Working Group recommendations
2. Other ABC Control Rule Business
a. Recommendation on whether to proceed with a separate action to
revise the method for determining P*
b. Other Business
Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC Agenda, Thursday, January 23, 2014,
8:30 a.m. Until 5 p.m.; Friday, January 24, 2014, 8:30 a.m. Until 3
p.m.
1. Approval of August 6-8, 2013 Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC
summary minutes
2. Review of Red Snapper MRIP Issues
3. Review of Other Reef Fish MRIP Issues
4. Annual Catch Limits Monitoring Overview
5. Red Snapper Slot Limit Analysis
6. Alternative Red Snapper ABCs
a. based on FSPR 26% (constant catch and constant F)
b. based on FMAX (constant catch and constant F)
7. Pros and Cons of Setting Recreational Red Snapper Quota in Numbers
8. East and West Regional ABC Recommendations for Red Snapper
a. With Mississippi in the East region
b. With Mississippi in the West region
9. ABC Control Rule Revisions and Report of the ABC Control Rule
Working Group
10. Update on SEDAR Assessment Schedule
11. SEDAR 40--Red Grouper Benchmark Assessment--preliminaries
a. Review and approval of terms of reference
b. Review of schedule and selection of panel participants
12. Tentative Dates for 2014 SSC Meetings
13. Selection of SSC representative at February 3-7, 2014 Council
meeting (Houston)
14. Other business
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 these meetings. 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
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Pereira at the Council
Office (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 26, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-31311 Filed 12-30-13; 8:45 am]
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