[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16786]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061598C]
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 Standing Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC).
DATES: The meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, 1998 and
conclude by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza New Orleans,
333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-525-9444.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Standing SSC will review the Draft
Generic Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment. As mandated by the
Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA), the Council has developed a Generic
EFH amendment that identifies essential fish habitat for all species
currently under management by the Council. The amendment does not
include any alternatives for management measures. Future management
measures, if needed, will be developed through amendments to individual
fishery management plans (FMPs). The SSC will also review reports of
the Ad Hoc Crustacean and Finfish Stock Assessment Panels (SAP) that
include alternatives for the overfishing criteria, as required by the
SFA, and proxies for expressing maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and
optimum yield (OY) in terms of spawning potential ratio (SPR), spawning
stock biomass per recruit (SSBR), or other credible analyses as
appropriate for the stocks or stock complexes of each FMP: shrimp,
stone crab, and spiny lobster (Crustacean SAP Report) and for coastal
migratory pelagics, reef fish, and red drum (Finfish SAP Report).
Alternatives for rebuilding periods for stocks that have been
classified as overfished by NMFS and modifications to the framework
procedures for specifying acceptable biological catch (ABC) and total
allowable catch (TAC) will be considered, where appropriate.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the SSC 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. The SSC's actions will be restricted
to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed as
available by this notice.
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
June 29, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-16786 Filed 6-23-98; 8:45 am]
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