# 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.
**SUMMARY:**
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a two and a half day meeting of its Standing, Socioeconomic, *Shrimp, Spiny Lobster,* and *Reef Fish* Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC).
**DATES:**
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, and end at 12 noon on Friday, June 3, 2016. To view the agenda, see *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* .
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be held at the Hilton Westshore Tampa Airport Hotel, 2225 N. Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 877-6688.
*Council address:* Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; *[email protected],* telephone: (813) 348-1630.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Agenda**
**Day 1—Wednesday, June 1, 2016; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.**
I. Introductions and Adoption of Agenda
II. Selection of SSC representative at June, 2016 Council meeting
**Standing and Socioeconomic SSC Session**
III. Socioeconomic considerations for sector management
a. *Reef Fish* Amendment 41 ( *Red Snapper* Charter for Hire)
b. *Reef Fish* Amendment 42 ( *Reef Fish* Headboat Management)
IV. Grouper/Tilefish IFQ 5-year Review (Market Power Analysis)
**Standing, Socioeconomic, and
Shrimp
SSC Session**
V. Approval of March 8, 2016 Standing and Special *Shrimp* SSC minutes
VI. *Shrimp* Amendment 17B (OY, MSY, number of permits, permit pool, transit provisions)
a. Review of amendment
b. Aggregate MSY/OY Working Group summary
**Standing, Socioeconomic, and
Spiny Lobster
SSC Session**
VII. Approval of *spiny lobster* portion of March 10, 2015 Standing, Special *Shrimp,* and Special *Spiny Lobster* SSC minutes
VIII. Review of 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 (preliminary) *Spiny Lobster* Landings
a. *Spiny Lobster* Review Panel summary
b. *Spiny Lobster* AP summary
IX. Other Non- *Reef Fish* Business
**Standing and
Reef Fish
SSC Session**
X. Approval of January 5-6, 2016 Standing and Special *Reef Fish* SSC minutes
XI. SSC members serving as Council state designees
XII. Discussion of Methods to Address Recreational *Red Snapper* ACL Underharvests
**Day 2—Thursday, June 2, 2016; 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.**
**Standing and
Reef Fish
SSC Session (continued)**
XIII. Review and Approval of Terms of Reference
a. Gag update assessment
b. *Greater amberjack* update assessment
XIV. Review of Research and Operational Cycles for SEDAR Stock Assessments
XV. Review of SEDAR Assessment Schedule
a. Review of SEDAR schedule as of April 2016
b. Council recommendations for 2019 stock assessments
XVI. Decision Tool for *Gray Triggerfish* Bag Limits, Size Limits, and Closed Season Analyses
XVII. SEDAR 45 *Vermilion Snapper* standard assessment
XVIII. Reevaluation of SSC Recommendation for *Hogfish* Equilibrium ABC
XIX. OY Exceeding MSY in Some Scenarios
**Day 3—Friday, June 2, 2016; 8:30 a.m.-12 noon**
**Standing and
Reef Fish
Session (continued)**
XX. Review of Draft Amendment 44-MSST and MSY Proxies for *Reef Fish* Stocks
XXI. *Reef Fish* Other Business
— Meeting Adjourns —
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file server. To access the file server, the URL is *https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi,* or go to the Council's Web site and click on the FTP link in the lower left of the Council Web site ( *http://www.gulfcouncil.org* ). The username and password are both “gulfguest.” Click on the “Library Folder”, then scroll down to “SSC meeting-2016-06.”
The meeting will be webcast over the internet. A link to the webcast will be available on the Council's Web site, *http://www.gulfcouncil.org.*
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come before the Scientific and Statistical 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. 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**
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Kathy Pereira at the Gulf Council Office (see *ADDRESSES* ), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
**Authority:**
16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.*
Dated: May 9, 2016.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.