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sea bass, red porgy and gag. The Council 

will also receive a status report of 

Snapper Grouper Amendment 16, 

Protected Species Issues, VMS 

Compliance report from Law 

Enforcement, and review and develop 

recommendations on Experimental 

Fishing Permits as necessary. 

From 11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., the 

Council will receive status reports from 

NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science 

Center on the Data Collection and Stock 

Assessment Improvement Plans, a 

progress report on aging red and black 

grouper, 2007 and 2008 headboat data 

entry, and the status of recreational 

catches versus allocations where 

appropriate of the following species: 

Atlantic king mackerel and Spanish 

mackerel, black sea bass, golden tilefish, 

snowy grouper, red porgy, greater 

amberjack, dolphin, wahoo, vermilion 

snapper, gag, red snapper, mutton 

snapper, and yellowtail snapper. 

From 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., the 

Council will receive agency and liaison 

reports, discuss other business and 

upcoming meetings. 

Documents regarding these issues are 

available from the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects of formal 

final Council action during these 

meetings. Council action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305 (c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Except for advertised (scheduled) 

public hearings and public comment, 

the times and sequence specified on this 

agenda are subject to change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) by June 4, 2009. 

Dated: May 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11476 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XP25 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

meeting of the Reef Fish Advisory Panel 

(AP). 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 

p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2009 and 

conclude by 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton, 2225 N. Lois Ave., Tampa, 

FL 33607, (813) 877–6688. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Carrie Simmons, Fishery Biologist; Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AP 

will meet jointly with the Standing and 

Special Reef Fish Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) on the first 

day of the meeting. The AP and SSC 

will receive a brief orientation for new 

members and will hear presentations on 

update assessments for gag and red 

grouper. The last full benchmark 

assessments for these stocks were 

completed in 2007 (SEDAR 10 for gag 

and SEDAR 12 for red grouper). The AP 

and SSC will also hear a presentation on 

the issues and preferred alternatives in 

Reef Fish Amendment 31 that address 

bycatch of sea turtles in the bottom 

longline reef fish fishery. 

Following the presentations, the AP 

and SSC will reconvene separately. The 

AP will discuss the gag and red grouper 

update assessments, and provide 

comments and recommendations 

concerning the assessments. The AP 

will discuss and provide comments and 

recommendations on Amendment 31. 

The AP will also elect a new Chair and 

Vice-chair. The comments and 

recommendations of the AP will be 

presented to the Council at its June 15– 

18, 2009 meeting in Tampa, FL. 

Copies of the agendas and other 

related materials can be obtained by 

calling (813) 348–1630. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions 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 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final 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 

should be directed to Tina O’Hern at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: May 13, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–11471 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XP30 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling public meetings of its 

Monkfish Advisory Panel and its 

Monkfish Committee, on June 2, 2009 

and June 3, 2009, to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from these groups 

will be brought to the full Council for 

formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This Advisory Panel meeting 

will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 

at 9 a.m. and the Committee meeting 

will be held on Wednesday, June 3, 

2009 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, 


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