Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices 3559 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Stephen K. Brown, 

Acting Director, Office of Science and 

Technology, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01168 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–729 

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. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of the Spiny Lobster 

Review Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, February 9, 2015, from 9 a.m. 

Until 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Marriott Beachside Key West 

Hotel, located at 3841 North Roosevelt 

Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040; 

telephone: (305) 296–8100. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630; fax: (813) 

348–1711; email: morgan.kilgour@

gulfcouncil.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion on the agenda are as 

follows: 

Spiny Lobster Review Panel Agenda, 

Monday, February 9, 2015, 9 a.m. until 

5 p.m. 

1. Introductions. 

2. Council charge—‘‘If the ACT is 

exceeded the Councils will convene a 

review panel to determine if corrective 

action is necessary to prevent the ACL 

from being exceeded. Furthermore, if 

the catch exceeds the ACL more than 

once in the last four consecutive years, 

the entire system of ACLs and AMs 

would be re-evaluated as required by 

the National Standard 1 guidelines.’’ 

3. Scope of work. 

4. Recent spiny lobster landings. 

5. Potential factors contributing to 

landings increase—topics for 

discussion: 

a. Former stock assessment summary. 

b. Economic value through time. 

i. Other factors affecting effort and 

catch. 

c. Stone crab landings. 

d. Types of effort, permits, and 

landings. 

e. Overview of Annual Catch Target/ 

Annual Catch Limit/Overfishing Limit 

using different metrics. 

i. Time series analyses of ACT, ACL, 

and OFL. 

ii. Mean ± 1 s.d., 1.5 s.d., and 2 s.d. 

using the most recent 10 years data (in 

Amendment 10). 

iii. Mean ± 1 s.d., 1.5 s.d., and 2 s.d. 

from 2000–present. 

f. Other. 

i. PaV1 disease prevalence. 

ii. Genetic information. 

6. Discussion and panel 

recommendations. 

7. Other Business. 

—Adjourn— 

For meeting materials see folder 

‘‘Spiny Lobster Review Panel meeting 

Feb 2015’’ on Gulf Council 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’’. The Agenda is subject to 

change. 

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 non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

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 Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The 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 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: January 20, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01146 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD730 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council and 

its Committees. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 through 

Thursday, February 12, 2015. For 

agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh 

Brownstone-University, 1707 

Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605; 

telephone: (919) 828–0811. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s Web site, 

www.mafmc.org also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

however, agenda items may be 

addressed out of order (changes will be 

noted on the Council’s Web site when 

possible.) 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 

1 p.m.–3 p.m. 

Research Set-Aside (Cooperative 

Research) Committee 

—Discuss goals for a MAFMC 

cooperative research program and 

criteria for evaluating success 

—Review and decide on a plan of 

action, including whether the 

following are needed: additional 

committee members, a Fishery 


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