[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49989-49990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20311]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE112
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 hold a two-
day meeting of its Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 1-
2, 2015, starting at 1 p.m. on Tuesday and at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday,
and will end at approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Westshore Tampa
Airport Hotel, 2225 N. Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813)
877-6688.
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Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Senior Fishery
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council;
[email protected], telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Chairman will start the meeting with introductions and adoption
of the agenda, and will hold elections for a new chair and vice-chair.
The Committee will then review and approve the minutes from the May 20,
2015 Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC meeting. The Committee will
receive a report from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) on
the SEDAR 42 Red Grouper Benchmark Assessment. If the Committee accepts
the assessment and sufficient information is available, the Committee
will recommend overfishing limits (OFL) and acceptable biological catch
(ABC) levels for red grouper. The Committee will discuss best practices
for constant catch Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) projections, and
will recommend a constant catch ABC for the west Florida shelf stock of
hogfish based on analysis provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Research Institute. The Committee will also receive a report from the
SEFSC on the SEDAR 43 Gray Triggerfish Standard Assessment. If the
Committee accepts the assessment and sufficient information is
available, the Committee will recommend overfishing limits (OFL) and
acceptable biological catch (ABC) levels for gray triggerfish. The
Committee will review and discuss best practices for determining the
number of years to provide Overfishing Limits (OFL) and ABC
projections. They will review and approve the terms of reference for a
review of an upcoming SEDAR 47 Goliath Grouper Standard Assessment, and
will select two SSC members to participate as the Chair and Reviewer at
the Review Workshop. The Committee will receive a report on Integrated
Ecosystem Assessment and Management Strategy Evaluation as it pertains
to single-species assessments. Finally, the Committee will review the
SEDAR Assessment Schedule and tentative meeting dates for 2016 SSC
meetings; and will discuss of Other Business, if any.
Meeting Adjourns
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with
other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file server. To
access the file server, the URL is https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or go to the Council's Web site and click on the FTP
link in the lower left of the Council Web site (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The username and password are both ``gulfguest''.
Click on the ``Library Folder'', then scroll down to ``SSC meeting-
2015-09''.
The meeting will be webcast over the internet. A link to the
webcast will be available on the Council's Web site, http://www.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before the Scientific and Statistical Committee 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
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 Gulf Council Office (see
ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: August 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20311 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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