80 FR 9699 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 36 (February 24, 2015)

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Standing, Special Reef Fish, Special Shrimp and Special Spiny Lobster Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9699-9700]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03701]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD786


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 its Standing, Special Reef Fish, Special Shrimp and 
Special Spiny Lobster Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 and 
conclude by 12 noon on Thursday, March 12, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council office, 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: [email protected].

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

Standing, Special Shrimp and Special Spiny Lobster SSC Agenda, Tuesday, 
March 10, 2015, 1 p.m. Until 5:30 p.m.

I. Introductions and Adoption of Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes
    a. August 2014 Standing and Special Shrimp SSC
    b. January 2011 Standing, Special Spiny Lobster and Special Reef 
Fish SSC
III. Selection of SSC representative at March, 2015 Council meeting
IV. Report on the MSY ABC Control Rule Workshop for Penaeid Shrimp
    a. AP recommendations
    b. Shrimp 15 implications
V. Shrimp Amendment 17
    a. Working Group recommendations
    b. AP recommendations
VI. Spiny Lobster 2013-14 Landings
    a. Report on Review Panel for Spiny Lobster

Standing, Special Reef Fish SSC Agenda, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 8:30 
a.m. Until 5 p.m. and Thursday, March 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 
Noon--If Needed

VII. Approval of Minutes
    a. January 2014 Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC
    b. January 2011 Standing, Special Spiny Lobster and Special Reef 
Fish SSC
VIII. Reorganization of SSCs as approved by Council
IX. FWC Mutton Snapper Update Assessment
X. Hogfish OFL and ABC
    a. OFL and ABC recommendations for Gulf stock
XI. Minimum Stock Size Threshold Amendment
XII. SEDAR 45 vermilion snapper Terms of Reference and Project Schedule
XIII. Review of draft National Standard 1 Guideline revisions
XIV. Review of NMFS Climate Change Strategy
XV. National SSC Workshop V Summary
XVI. Ecosystem Working Group Summary
    a. Ecosystem SSC recommendations
XVII. 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--2015-03''.
    The meeting 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: February 19, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-03701 Filed 2-23-15; 8:45 am]
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