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6. Additional subdivisions of the

commercial, hook-and-line allocation of

TAC for Gulf group king mackerel by

area and/or season for both the Florida

west coast and the Western Zone

(Alabama through Texas).

7. Possible trip limits for vessels

fishing for Gulf group king mackerel in

the Western Zone.

8. Further restrictions on the use of

net gear to harvest Gulf group king

mackerel off the Florida west coast.

9. Possible changes to the minimum

size limit for Gulf group king mackerel

(currently 20–inches fork length) and

establishment of a maximum size limit

or both a minimum and maximum, i.e.

a slot limit.

10. Consideration of re-establishing an

annual allocation of Gulf group Spanish

mackerel for the purse seine fishery.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by calling 813–228–2815. Although

other issues not on the agenda may

come before the Council for discussion,

in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and

Management Act, those issues may not

be the subject of formal Council action

during this meeting. Council action 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 20, 1997.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27044 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 100397D]

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 will convene a

public meeting of the Red Snapper

Advisory Panel (RSAP), Reef Fish

Advisory Panel (RFAP), and Standing

and Special Reef Fish Scientific and

Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows: RSAP October 27, 1997, 8:00

a.m. - 3:00 p.m.; SSC October 28, 1997,

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; RFAP October 31,

1997, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the at the Crowne Plaza Tampa

Westshore, 700 North Westshore

Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33609;

telephone 813–289–8200.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

Florida, 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics

Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council; telephone: 813–

228–2815, extension 227.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RSAP

will review a 1997 NMFS stock

assessment for red snapper and,

optionally, a stock assessment for gag

(grouper), and available biological

information on gray triggerfish. The

RFAP will also review reports on the

above species from the Reef Fish Stock

Assessment Panel (RFSAP), and the

Socioeconomic Panel (SEP). Based on

these reports, the RSAP will make

recommendations for total allowable

catch (TAC) of red snapper in 1998 and

other management measures. The RSAP

will also be asked to develop

recommendations for controlling

recreational harvest of red snapper in

order to prevent a closure of the

recreational fishery when the

recreational quota is reached. The RSAP

may also make recommendations for

management measures for gag and gray

triggerfish.

The RSAP may review Draft

Amendment 16 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. This

amendment contains proposed

management measures for fish traps,

minor amberjack species (lesser

amberjack, banded rudderfish, and

Almaco jack), species listed as not in the

management unit, compatible size and

bag limits with Florida for several reef

fish species, management measures for

speckled hind and warsaw grouper in

response to those species having been

added to the candidate list of species for

possible listing as threatened or

endangered, and changes to the method

of allocating TAC among user groups.

The SSC will review the stock

assessments for red snapper and gag,

available biological information on gray

triggerfish, and the reports from the

RFSAP and the SEP. The SSC will

provide recommendations to the

Council on the scientific merits of these

reports; and it may recommend levels

for TAC, bag limits, size limits,

commercial quotas, and other measures

for red snapper and gag for the 1998

season. The SSC could also recommend

future management measures or

research/data needs for gray triggerfish.

In addition, the SSC will review Draft

Amendment 16 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The

SSC may provide recommendations to

the Council on the scientific merits of

the alternatives contained in this

amendment as noted above.

The Reef Fish (RFAP) will review a

1997 NMFS stock assessment for gag,

available biological information on gray

triggerfish, and optionally, a 1997 stock

assessment for red snapper. The RFAP

will also review reports on the above

species from the RFSAP, and the SEP.

Based on these reports, the RFAP may

make recommendations to the Council

for a TAC of gag in 1998 and possibly

other management measures. The RFAP

may also recommend future

management measures for gray

triggerfish. The RFAP may also make

recommendations for 1998 gag TAC and

other management measures.

Optionally, the RFAP may make

recommendations for TAC of red

snapper in 1998 and other management

measures for red snapper. In addition,

the RFAP will review the previously

mentioned alternatives in Draft

Amendment 16 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico.

Based on recommendations from the

above meetings, the Council, at its

November meeting in Longboat Key,

Florida, will decide if changes are

needed to the red snapper TAC and

possibly other management measures

for red snapper. The Council will also

determine if a TAC or additional

management measures are needed for

gag, or if future management measures

or additional research/data are needed

for gray triggerfish. The Council will

also review and modify Draft

Amendment 16 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico.

A copy of the agenda can be obtained

by calling 813–228–2815.

Although other issues not on the

agenda may come before the Council for

discussion, in accordance with the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically
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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 20, 1997.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

Gary C. Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27045 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 093097C]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications for an

enhancement permit (1094) and

modification 3 to enhancement permit

895.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Washington Department of Fish and

Wildlife at Olympia, WA (WDFW) has

applied in due form for a permit and the

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Walla

Walla, WA (Corps) has applied in due

form for a modification to a permit that

would provide authorization for takes of

an endangered anadromous fish species

and a take of a threatened anadromous

fish species for the purpose of

enhancement.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on either of these

applications must be received on or

before November 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review in the following offices, by

appointment:

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401); and

Protected Resources Division, F/

NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite

500, Portland, OR 97232–4169 (503–

230–5400).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, Protected Resources Division

in Portland, OR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WDFW

requests a permit and the Corps requests

a modification to a permit under the

authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217–

227).

WDFW (1094) requests a 5-year

permit for an annual direct take of adult

and juvenile, endangered, upper

Columbia River steelhead trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) associated with

hatchery supplementation programs in

the mid and upper Columbia River

Basin. WDFW operates three major

hatchery complexes that carry out ESAlisted steelhead trout hatchery

supplementation efforts: Wells,

Eastbank, and Priest Rapids. The

activities proposed are: (1) The capture

and release of migrating adult steelhead

trout at Priest Rapids Dam for stock

status evaluation purposes, (2) the

trapping and removal of ESA-listed

adult steelhead trout for hatchery

broodstock, (3) the holding and artificial

spawning of ESA-listed adults, (4) the

incubation of fertilized eggs and the

rearing of ESA-listed juvenile fish, and

(5) the transportation and releases of

ESA-listed juvenile fish from the

hatchery programs. WDFW believes that

the artificial propagation of ESA-listed

steelhead trout as proposed will benefit

the species by enhancing the

population, which currently is not

replacing itself naturally.

Permit 895 authorizes the Corps

annual direct and incidental takes of

adult and juvenile, endangered, Snake

River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus

nerka); adult and juvenile, threatened,

naturally-produced and artificiallypropagated, Snake River spring/summer

chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha); and adult and juvenile,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with the operation of the

Juvenile Fish Transportation Program at

four hydroelectric projects on the Snake

and Columbia Rivers in the Pacific

Northwest (Lower Granite, Little Goose,

Lower Monumental, and McNary

Dams). The Corps requests modification

3 to enhancement permit 895 for an

increase in the annual incidental take of

adult, threatened, Snake River spring/

summer chinook salmon associated

with adult fallbacks through the

juvenile fish bypass systems at the four

dams. Each year, a percentage of adult

salmon inadvertently move downstream

after entering the juvenile fish bypass

systems at the dams. These adult

salmon are then directed back to the

river to continue their upstream

migration. An increase in the annual

incidental take of ESA-listed adult

salmon is requested because of the large

number of migrating adults in 1997.

Also, it is possible that this year’s

extremely high runoff is resulting in a

higher rate of adult salmon fallbacks. A

corresponding increase in ESA-listed

adult salmon incidental mortalities are

also requested. Modification 3 is

requested to be valid for the duration of

permit 895. Permit 895 expires on

December 31, 1998.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set out

the specific reasons why a hearing on

either of these applications would be

appropriate. The holding of such

hearing is at the discretion of the

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in these application

summaries are those of the applicants

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Nancy Chu,

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27134 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend

and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and

Textile Products Produced or

Manufactured in Bangladesh

October 7, 1997.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross

Arnold, International Trade Specialist,

Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.

Department of Commerce, (202) 482–

4212. For information on the quota

status of these limits, refer to the Quota

Status Reports posted on the bulletin

boards of each Customs port or call

(202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.