[Federal Register: April 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 75)]
[Notices]
[Page 19699]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041207E]
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.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
convene a meeting of its Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) in St. Petersburg, FL.
DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 and
conclude by 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Florida Fish & Wildlife
Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue, SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone:
(813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council (Council) will convene its Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC), along with other invited ecosystem modeling experts,
in St. Petersburg, FL, to conduct a three day workshop to demonstrate
the feasibility of using ecosystem modeling as a tool to address
fishery management issues. While there are numerous fishery related
issues that could potentially be addressed through an ecosystem
modeling approach, the SSC identified three primary issues to be the
focus of the workshop: (1) Red snapper-shrimp interactions; (2) multi-
species (MPA) effects on snapper-grouper; and (3) Gulf of Mexico
hypoxic area from drainage from the Mississippi River effects on
demersal and pelagic ecosystems. Other issues identified by the
Ecosystem SSC as that could also be selected for evaluation at the
workshop, include: (4) the role menhaden as a forage base in the Gulf;
(5) impacts of red tide on Gulf of Mexico ecosystem; and (6) impacts of
artificial reefs on Gulf of Mexico ecosystem.
Utilizing a preliminary ecosystem model recently developed for the
Gulf of Mexico, the workshop will address as many of the issues
identified above as is practicable within the time and data constraints
of the workshop. Additional issues may also be addressed if time and
available data permit. The workshop participants will work with Council
staff subsequent to the workshop to develop final reports to the Gulf
Council, and a presentation of the results of the workshop will be
given to the Gulf Council at one of the Council's regularly scheduled
meetings.
Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by
calling (813) 348-1630.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come
before the SSC 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 these meetings.
Actions of the 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.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: April 16, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-7418 Filed 4-18-07; 8:45 am]
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