Notice2025-18313
Gulf Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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Published
September 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Gulf Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) will hold a 3 day in-person meeting of its Standing and Special Shrimp Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSCs).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 181 (Monday, September 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45376-45377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18313]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF171]
Gulf 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 Fishery Management Council (Gulf Council) will hold a
3 day in-person meeting of its Standing and Special Shrimp Scientific
and Statistical Committees (SSCs).
DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, October 7-Thursday, October 9,
2025. Daily schedule as follows: Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m., EDT daily and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Gulf Council office.
Registration information will be available on the Council's website by
visiting <a href="http://www.gulfcouncil.org">www.gulfcouncil.org</a> and clicking on the ``meeting tab''.
Council address: Gulf Fishery Management Council, 4107 W Spruce
Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ryan Rindone, Lead Fishery
Biologist, Gulf Fishery Management Council;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1c6e657d72326e7572787372795c7b69707a7f7369727f757032736e7b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80f2f9e1eeaef2e9eee4efeee5c0e7f5ece6e3eff5eee3e9ecaeeff2e7">[email protected]</span></a>, telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT
The meeting will begin with Introductions and Adoption of Agenda,
review and approval of Meeting Minutes from the May 2025 SSC meeting,
Scope of Work and Election of Chair and Vice Chair.
The SSC will then review the SEDAR 87 stock assessments of Gulf
Penaeid Shrimp, including presentations, background material and SSC
discussions. The SSC will then review MSE Evaluations of MRIP-FES
Recalibrations, and MRIP-FES Scaling of Recreational Landings Data for
Texas and Louisiana for Species other than Red Snapper, including
presentations, background material and SSC discussions.
Public comments will be heard at the end of the day, if any.
Wednesday, October 8, 2025; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., EDT
The SSCs will reassemble to discuss the Progress on MRIP Pilot
Studies, followed by a review of the Preliminary Results of Regional
Fishery Management Council Regulatory Process, including presentations,
and SSC discussions. The SSC will next review Gulf SSC Projections
Considerations and a Lane Snapper Interim Analysis and Catch Advice,
including presentations, background material and SSC discussions.
Following lunch, the SSC will convene to review Science
Coordination Subcommittee Materials, followed by the Gag Grouper
Operational Assessment Terms of Reference and participants selection,
including background materials and discussions, before requesting SSC
volunteers for the Joint Gulf and South Atlantic SSCs Working Group for
MSY Proxies. The SSC will then review Essential Fish Habitat Mapping
for Gulf Shrimp, Reef Fish, Coastal Migratory Pelagics, Spiny Lobster,
and Red Drum FMPs including presentations, background material and SSC
discussions.
Public comments will be heard at the end of the day, if any.
Thursday, October 9, 2025; 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., EDT
The SSC will review SEFSC Stakeholder Participatory Workshops,
including presentations, background manuscripts and SSC discussions.
Then, the SSC will discuss Social and Economic Effects of Mid-year IFQ
Quota Modifications, including a presentation
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and SSC discussion. Public comments will be heard at the end of the
day, if any.
The SSC will then review Other Business, if any.
--Meeting Adjourns
The meeting will also be broadcast via webinar. You may register
for the webinar by visiting <a href="https://www.gulfcouncil.org">https://www.gulfcouncil.org</a> and clicking on
the SSC meeting on the calendar.
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with
other meeting materials will be posted on <a href="https://www.gulfcouncil.org">https://www.gulfcouncil.org</a>
as they become available.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before the Scientific and Statistical Committees 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. Actions of the Scientific and Statistical
Committee will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in
the agenda and any issues arising after publication of this notice that
require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council's intent to take-action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to Kathy Pereira, (813) 348-1630, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 18, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-18313 Filed 9-19-25; 8:45 am]
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