[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75793-75794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29745]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD668


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Standing, Special Reef Fish and Special Mackerel 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 6 until 12 
noon Thursday, January 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES:

Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Gulf Council's office.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 North 
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL, 33607.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Atran, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 
348-1630; fax: (813) 348-1711; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5e2d2a3b283b30703f2a2c3f301e392b32383d312b303d373270312c39"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1063647566757e3e716462717e5077657c76737f657e73797c3e7f6277">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the individual 
meeting agenda are as follows:

Standing, Special Reef Fish and Special Mackerel SSC Agenda, Tuesday, 
January 6, 2015, 1 p.m. Until Thursday, January 8, 2015, 12 Noon

1. Introductions and Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of minutes
    a. August 6, 2013 Standing and Special Mackerel summary minutes
    b. August 6-7, 2014 Standing and Special Reef Fish summary minutes
    c. October 1-2, 2014 Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC summary 
minutes
3. Selection of SSC representative at January 26-29, 2015 Council 
meeting (Point Clear, AL)
4. Red Snapper Update Assessment
5. FWC Mutton Snapper Update Assessment
6. Greater Amberjack Rebuilding Timeline Projections
7. SEDAR 38 King Mackerel Benchmark Assessment (this agenda item to be 
presented on Wednesday morning, January 7)
    a. Review South Atlantic SSC recommendations
    b. Gulf SSC Recommendation for Overfishing Limit (OFL) and 
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)
8. Estimation of Red Tide Mortality on Gag
9. Ecosystem Modeling of red tide effects on gag and red grouper
10. Reevaluation of Gag OFL/ABC for 2015-16
    a. Council concerns with previous ABC recommendation
    b. Update on red tide
    c. OFL and ABC recommendation
11. Other Business

Adjourn

    The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version 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 -2015-01''.
    The meetings 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 Committees for discussion, in 
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Actions of the Scientific and Statistical 
Committees 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

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids

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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: December 16, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-29745 Filed 12-18-14; 8:45 am]
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