[Federal Register: March 16, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 50)]
[Notices]               
[Page 13003]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 030599D]

 
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 and South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Councils will convene a joint meeting of their Mackerel Stock 
Assessment Panel (MSAP).

DATES: This meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 29, and 
conclude by on Thursday, April 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL.
    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 L. Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Councils will convene their joint MSAP to review 
stock assessment updates for the Gulf and Atlantic migratory groups of 
king and Spanish mackerel. The MSAP will consider available 
information, including but not limited to, commercial and recreational 
catches, natural and fishing mortality estimates, recruitment, fishery-
dependent and fishery-independent data, and data needs. These analyses 
will be used to determine the condition of the stocks and the levels of 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) for the 1999-2000 fishing year. The 
MSAP may also review estimates of stock size (biomass at maximum 
sustainable yield [Bmsy]) and minimum stock size thresholds (MSST) for 
each species.
    Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the Panel 
for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those 
issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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 
March 22, 1999.

    Dated: March 10, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-6379 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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