11846 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 49 / Thursday, March 13, 1997 / Notices

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science

Center, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami,

FL.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Richard L. Leard, Senior Fishery

Biologist; telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

members will meet to review available

data on the Gulf migratory group of

Spanish mackerel and the Atlantic

migratory group of king mackerel. These

data will include, but not be limited to,

commercial and recreational catches,

natural and fishing mortality estimates,

and recruitment. The panel will also

update the stock assessments completed

in 1996 for both the Atlantic and Gulf

migratory groups of king and Spanish

mackerel. These analyses will be used to

determine the condition of the stocks

and the levels of acceptable biological

catch for the 1997–98 fishing year.

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 March 24, 1997.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6387 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 030597C]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Demersal Species Committee and the

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

Commission will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

March 19, 1997, from 3:00 p.m. until

5:00 p.m. and on March 20, 1997, from

8:00 a.m. until noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Norfolk Airport Hilton, 1500 North

Military Highway, Norfolk, VA;

telephone: (800) 422–7474 or (757) 466–

8000.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:

(302) 674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of these meetings is to discuss

Amendment 10 rebuilding schedule and

the Summer Flounder Fishery

Management Plan.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Joanna Davis at

the Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6250 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

Modernization Transition Committee;

Meeting

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

TIME AND DATE: March 18, 1997 from

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PLACE: This meeting will take place at

the Red Lion Inn, 400 Industry, Astoria,

Oregon.

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the

public. On March 18, 1997, 9:00 a.m. to

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

will be set aside for oral comments or

questions from the public.

Approximately 50 seats will be available

on a first-come first-served basis for the

public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: This

meeting will cover: consultation of 85

proposed certification packages, and

service level D automation criteria

update.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Nicholas Scheller, National Weather

Service, Modernization Staff, 1325 EastWest Highway, SSMC2, Silver Spring,

Maryland 20910. Telephone: (301) 713–

0454.

Dated: March 11, 1997.

Nicholas R. Scheller,

Manager, National Implementation Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–6484 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–12–M

[I.D. 030597D]

Western Pacific 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 Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council will hold a

meeting of its Bottomfish Task Force.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

April 1, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Leiopapa A Kamehameha Bldg.

(State Office Tower), 235 South

Beretania Street, Room 204, Honolulu,

HI 96813; telephone: (808) 522–8220.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone: (808) 522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The task

force will meet to discuss and formulate

limited entry alternatives for the Mau

Zone bottomfish fishery in the

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and

consider other business as required.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Bruce Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6388 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 030797B]

Marine Mammals; Permit No. 963

(P532B)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for

amendment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Department of Marine Biology, Texas

A&M University, P.O. Box 1675,

Galveston, TX 77553 has requested a

amendment to permit No. 963.