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are now classified as ‘‘not overfished’’

on the basis of existing overfishing

definitions will ultimately be reassessed

as ‘‘overfished.’’ Consequently, this list

represents a minimum number of

overfished fisheries of the United States

and probably understates the number of

fisheries that will eventually be

determined to be overfished.

If you have any questions, please do

not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Rolland A. Schmitten, Assistant

Administrator for Fisheries

Dated: December 29, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

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[I.D. 122497A]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

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

convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

January 19–23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Marriott’s Grand Hotel, One

Grand Boulevard, Point Clear, AL;

telephone: 334–928–9201.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; telephone: (813) 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

January 21

1:30 p.m.—Convene.

1:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Receive public

testimony on: (1) the request from the

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council (SAFMC) for resubmission of a

management measure detailed in

Amendment 8 to the Coastal Migratory

Pelagics (Mackerel) Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) which would

allow the use of sink nets in waters

north of Cape Lookout, NC; (2) the areal

extent of the cooperative closure of

Federal waters to shrimping with the

state of Texas during the 1998 fishing

season; (3) Amendment 6 to the Stone

Crab FMP which contains a provision

for extending the moratorium on the

registration of stone crab vessels by the

Regional Administrator of NMFS; and,

(4) the total allowable catch (TAC) and

other framework measures for red

snapper for the 1998 fishing year.

January 22

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Reef Fish Management

Committee.

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Mackerel Management

Committee

4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Ad Hoc Sustainable

Fisheries Committee.

5:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—(CLOSED

SESSION) Receive reports of the

Advisory Panel (AP)/Scientific and

Statistical Committee (SSC) Selection

Committees.

January 23, 1998

8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Stone Crab Management

Committee.

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Habitat Protection

Committee.

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Deep Water Crab

Committee.

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring

Committee.

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Ad Hoc Marine Reserves

Committee.

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Shrimp Management

Committee.

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the International Commission

for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas

Advisory Committee.

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.—Receive a

report from the SAFMC Liaison.

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.—Receive

Enforcement Reports.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.— Receive a

report of the Ecosystem AP.

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Receive

reports of the Highly Migratory Species

(HMS) Longline Advisory Panel, HMS

AP, and Billfish AP.

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.—Receive

Directors’ Reports.

12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.—Other

business to be discussed. Under Other

Business, the Gulf Council may also

consider recommendations to NMFS

regarding National Standard 1 to the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation Act based on the pending

reopening of the comment period

through January 28, 1998.

January 19

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.—(CLOSED

SESSION) Convene the AP/SSC

Selection Committees to consider

appointments to the Billfish AP, the

Standing SSC, and the consolidated

Shark, Swordfish, and Tuna AP to be

more consistent with the direction being

taken by NMFS with regard to

management of the HMS Complex.

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.—Convene the

Ad Hoc Vessel Monitoring Committee to

review the results of a NMFS/state of

Florida pilot study on the use of

transponders to monitor fishing vessels.

The Committee will also review a policy

with regard to a Vessel Monitoring

System (VMS).

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Reef Fish Management Committee to

consider the status of the stocks of red

snapper and a TAC for 1998. The

Committee will consider the previously

completed stock assessment by NMFS

and a peer-group review of management

of the red snapper fishery. This review

was mandated by Congress through

passage of the Sustainable Fisheries Act

(SFA). In complying with this mandate,

NMFS empaneled three groups of

scientists from outside the Gulf region

to conduct the peer-group review during

July and August. The panels reviewed

information provided by NMFS and by

the commercial fishing industry related

to: (1) the statistical information and

analyses, (2) the economic information

and analyses, and (3) management and

science procedures and data. The

Committee will also consider a separate

stock assessment developed by Dr. Brian

Rothschild of the University of

Massachusetts. Based on these data and

the recommendations of the Reef Fish

Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP) and

SSC, the Committee will develop

recommendations to the Council on

TAC and possibly other associated

framework measures for red snapper in

1998. The Committee will also review

an Options Paper for Amendment 17

which includes alternatives for a

commercial license limitation system

for reef fish resources in the Gulf, other

than red snapper.

January 20

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Convene the

Shrimp Management Committee to

review an analysis of the 1997

cooperative shrimp closure with the

state of Texas and recommendations of

the Shrimp AP with regard to possible

changes in 1998. The Committee may
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also discuss Amendment 9 to the

Shrimp FMP and make

recommendations to the Council

regarding its approval.

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Convene the

Deep Water Crab Management

Committee to review provisions of the

SAFMC’s FMP and a recommendation

of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries

Commission that the Gulf Council

consider development of a Deep Water

Crab FMP for the Gulf of Mexico.

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.—Convene the

Habitat Protection Committee to review

recommendations of the Texas and

Florida/Alabama Habitat APs, as well as

a report of the Technical Review Panel

regarding the development of the

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Generic

Amendment. The Committee will also

review the Interim Final Guidelines for

EFH from NMFS.

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.—Convene the

Ad Hoc Marine Reserves Committee to

consider management measures for

marine reserves previously included in

an options paper for Amendment 16 to

the Reef Fish FMP (but later removed)

and recommendations of the RFSAP and

SSC. The Committee will also initiate

the development of an action plan for

study of marine reserves.

3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Ad Hoc Sustainable Fisheries

Committee to discuss provisions of a

Generic SFA Amendment. The

Committee will also consider a schedule

of actions for the development and

submission of the amendment to NMFS

in accordance with the SFA.

January 21

8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.—Convene the

Mackerel Management Committee to

review comments and recommendations

from the SAFMC with regard to

Amendment 9 to the Coastal Migratory

Pelagics FMP and a revised draft (public

hearing draft) of Amendment 9 that

incorporates changes from the

November 1997 Council meeting. The

Committee will also review an Options

Paper for Amendment 10 that includes

provisions for a commercial license

limitation system for king mackerel and

resubmission of a sink net provision of

Amendment 8, as previously discussed.

The Committee may also consider a

control date for the dolphin and wahoo

fisheries in the Gulf.

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.—Convene the

Stone Crab Management Committee to

consider recommendations to the

Council regarding final action on

Amendment 6 (extending the

moratorium on fishing permits). In

deliberations, the Committee will

consider public hearing comments,

written comments, AP/SSC

recommendations, NMFS comments,

and minutes from workshops held by

the Florida Marine Fisheries

Commission.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation Act, those issues may not

be the subject of formal Council action

during this meeting. Council action will

be restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are 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 January 12,

1998.

Dated: December 29, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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