[Federal Register: March 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 032398A]

 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene 
public meetings of the Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The AP meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 
April 20, 1998, and adjourn at 4:00 p.m. The SSC meeting is scheduled 
to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 1998, and adjourn at 3:30 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Wyndham Riverfront Hotel, 
701 Convention Center Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-
524-8200.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-
228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC will review the 1998 stock 
assessments for both king and Spanish Mackerel, the Mackerel Stock 
Assessment Panel report, and the report of the Socioeconomic Panel that 
includes economic and social information related to the range of 
acceptable biological catch and bag limits for mackerels in the Gulf of 
Mexico and South Atlantic. Based on this review, the SSC may recommend 
to the Council levels for total allowable catch, bag limits, size 
limits, commercial quotas, and other measures for these species for the 
1998-99 fishing season. The Mackerel AP will review the same 
information and formulate their recommendations based on their 
perspectives as users of these resources.
    Copies of the agenda can be obtained by calling 813-228-2815. 
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before this 
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. Action will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 April 13, 1998.

    Dated: March 23, 1998.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-8290 Filed 3-30-98; 8:45 am]
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