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account in evaluating current

applications to the program.

Legal Authority

The Commercial Service has the legal

authority to enter into the abovementioned memorandum of

understanding with the show organizer

under the provisions of the Mutual

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act

of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2455(f)).

The statutory authority for the

Commercial Service to conduct the

International Buyer Program is 15 U.S.C.

4724.

John Klingelhut,

Director, Office of Public/Private Initiatives,

The Commercial Service, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce.

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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.

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061198D]

Advisory Committee to the United

States Section to the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic Tunas Bluefin Tuna Rebuilding

Workshop; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting;

correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

Notice of public meeting (63 FR 33054,

June 17, 1998) that states the second

bluefin tuna rebuilding workshop of the

Advisory Committee to the United

States section to the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic tunas will be open to the

public. The first session of the

workshop (9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) will be

open to the public, but the second

session (1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) will be

closed. Also, registration for the

workshop will start at 8:30 a.m. and the

workshop will start at 9 a.m.

DATES: The workshop is scheduled for

Friday, June 26, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the Holiday Inn, 8777 Georgia

Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathon Krieger,(301)713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: After

further consideration, it has been

determined that the Advisory

Committee will go into executive

session from 1:30 p.m. to approximately

5:30 p.m. during the June 26 workshop.

The Advisory Committee will be

discussing information that relates to

the U.S. negotiating position for the

1998 Annual Meeting of ICCAT.

Technical Advisors to the Advisory

Committee and other members of the

public may not attend the closed

executive session. The determination to

close this portion of the meeting is

consistent with the Atlantic Tunas

Convention Act and the Advisory

Committee’s Statement of Operating

Practices and Procedures.

Registration for the workshop will

begin at 8:30 a.m., and the open session

of the workshop will start at 9:00 a.m.

and end at approximately 12:30 p.m.

Special Accommodations

The meeting locations are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Jonathon Krieger

at (301) 713–2276 at least 5 days prior

to the meeting date.

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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