[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65935-65936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31543]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 121801B]


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.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene public meetings of the Standing and Special Reef Fish 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Reef Fish Advisory 
Panel (AP) from January 7 through January 11, 2002.

DATES: The Council's Reef Fish AP will convene at 9 a.m. (EST) on 
Monday, January 7, 2002 and conclude by 5 p.m. Wednesday, January 9, 
2002. The Council will also convene a meeting of the Standing and 
Special Reef Fish SSC at 8:30 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, January 10, 2002 
and conclude by 5 p.m. on Friday, January 11, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hilton Tampa Airport Hotel, 
2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-877-6688.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AP and the SSC will review a report from 
the Council's Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel (RFSAP) summarizing 
recent NMFS stock assessments, recommendations for allowable biological 
catch (ABC) and thresholds for status determination for gag, vermilion 
snapper, and gray triggerfish. They will also review a report from the 
Council's Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) summarizing the available economic 
and social information and implications of setting recommended ABC 
levels for those stocks. The SSC will comment on the scientific 
validity of these reports, and both the SSC and AP may make 
recommendations for setting total allowable catch (TAC) or other 
management measures for these stocks.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before the AP/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 these meetings. Actions of the 
AP/SSC will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in 
the agendas 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 action to address the emergency.
    Copies of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other

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auxiliary aids should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see 
ADDRESSES) by December 31, 2001.

    Dated: December 18, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-31543 Filed 12-20-01; 8:45 am]
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