Meetings: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council,

[Federal Register: October 8, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 195)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will convene a public meeting of the Ad Hoc Marine Reserves Scientific and Statistical Committee (MRSSC).

DATES: The meeting of the MRSSC will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 1998 and conclude by 12:00 noon on Thursday, October 22.

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

Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, Fl 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MRSSC will convene to prepare a scoping document on the possible use of marine reserves in the Gulf of Mexico. The purpose of the MRSSC is to work with Council staff in developing the scoping document in order to help managers and the public become better informed about marine reserves and their application. The target audience for this document is the Council, resource user groups, and others interested in the marine environment and its resources. Once the scoping document is completed, the Council will conduct a series of public scoping workshops.

The MRSSC is composed of biologists, economists, sociologists, a lawyer, and an enforcement officer who are knowledgeable about marine reserves and their potential for use in the Gulf of Mexico.

Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the committee 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. The committee actions will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed as available by 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 October 14, 1998.

Dated: October 2, 1998. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98-27055Filed10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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