The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene its ABC Control Rule Working Group via a webinar. The webinar meeting will convene Tuesday, July 31, 2012, beginning at 9:00 am, concluding no later than noon eastern time.
The ABC Control Rule Working Group will meet to review an alternative method of assigning appropriate risk of overfishing levels to stocks based on the status, productivity, susceptibility, and resiliency of the stock. The working group will also review its previous recommendations for revisions to the ABC control rule, as well as evaluate other possible changes.
A copy of the agenda and related materials can be obtained by calling the Council office at 813-348-1630. Materials will also be available for download from the ABC Control Rule Working Group folder on the Council's FTP site, which is accessible from the Quick Links box in the left navigation column of the Council web site - www.gulfcouncil.org.