[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7216-7217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3951]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020797A]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene 
public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on March 10-13,1997.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn on the Beach, 
365 East Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, Alabama; telephone: 334-948-
6191.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

    March 12
     8:30 a.m.--Convene.
    8:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive public testimony on Vermilion 
Snapper Total Allocable Catch (TAC).
     1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Reef Fish 
Management Committee.
    2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Scientific and 
Statistical (SSC) Selection Committee. (CLOSED SESSION).
    3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Receive a report of the Advisory Panel (AP) 
Selection Committee. (CLOSED SESSION).
    March 13
    8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Receive a report of the Shrimp Management 
Committee.

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    9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.--Receive a report of the Habitat Protection 
Committee.
    9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.--Receive a report of the Law Enforcement 
Committee.
    10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive a report of the Administrative 
Policy Committee.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Receive a report of the Stone Crab 
Management Committee.
     11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Receive a report on the South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council Liaison.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.-- Receive Director's Reports.
    11:45 p.m. - 12:00 noon--Other business to be discussed.

Committees

    March 10
    9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.--Convene the AP Selection Committee. (CLOSED 
SESSION).
    1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.--Convene the SSC Selection Committee. (CLOSED 
SESSION).
    4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Administrative Policy Committee.
    March 11
    8:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee.
    12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee.
    4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.--Convene the Stone Crab Management Committee.
    4:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Habitat Protection Committee.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 March 3, 1997.

    Dated: February 11, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-3951 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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