[Federal Register: October 4, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 191)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092599G]

 
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 will convene a 
public meeting of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP).

DATES: A meeting of the SEP will be held beginning at 8:30 a.m. and 
concluding at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 14, and Friday October 15, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton Hotel, 
2225 Lois Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33607; telephone
    813-877-6688.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, 
Suite 1000, Tampa, Florida 33619; telephone 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SEP will convene to review available 
social and economic data on red snapper and red grouper, and to 
determine the social and economic implications of the levels of 
acceptable biological catches that may be recommended by the Council's 
Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel. The SEP may recommend to the Council 
a total allowable catch for fishing year 2000.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the SEP for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of 
formal SEP action during this meeting. Panel action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in this notice.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by contacting the Gulf Council 
(SEE ADDRESSES).

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 October 7, 1999.

    Dated: September 28, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-25677 Filed 9-29-99; 3:59 pm]
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