Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices 16561

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public meetings of the

Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) and

Standing and Special Mackerel

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows: Standing and Special Mackerel

SSC will meet on April 30, 1997, from

8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Mackerel AP will

meet on May 1, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to

3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the New Orleans Airport Radisson

Hotel, 2150 Veterans Boulevard,

Kenner, LA 70062; telephone: 504–467–

3111.

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 Leard, Senior Fishery Biologist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Standing and Special Mackerel SSC will

review the 1997 stock assessment

updates for both king and Spanish

Mackerel and the report of the

Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) that

includes economic and social

information related to setting an

allowable biological catch range and bag

limits for mackerels in the Gulf of

Mexico and South Atlantic. Based on

this review, the SSC may recommend to

the Council levels for total allowable

catch, bag limits, size limits,

commercial quotas, and other measures

for these species for the 1997–98 season.

The Mackerel AP will also review the

1997 stock assessment updates for both

king and Spanish Mackerel and the

report of the SEP. The AP will also

provide recommendations to the

Council based on their perspectives as

users of these resources.

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 April 23, 1997.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–8739 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033197G]

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 (Council) will

convene a public meeting via

conference call on April 22, 1997,

beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern standard

time (EST)/9:00 a.m. central standard

time (CST) to resolve inconsistencies in

their advice to the Council on vermilion

snapper minimum size limits and

allowable biological catch

recommendations. The Council is

considering an increase in the vermilion

snapper minimum size limit from 8–

inches to 10–inches total length in order

to stop a decline in the vermilion

snapper stock and prevent the stock

from becoming overfished. In November

1996, the Reef Fish Stock Assessment

Panel (RFSAP) had stated that changes

in the minimum size limit would have

very little impact on the resource, but in

February 1997, the RFSAP concluded

that increasing the minimum size limit

to 10–inches total length would reduce

overall harvest by about 33 percent.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

April 22, 1997, beginning at 10:00 a.m.

EST/9:00 a.m. CST.

ADDRESSES: A listening phone will be

located at each of the following

locations:

1. NMFS Southeast Regional Office,

9721 Executive Center Drive North, St.

Petersburg, FL; telephone: 813–570–

5335;

2. NMFS Panama City Laboratory,

3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama

City, FL; telephone: 904–234–6541;

3. NMFS Miami Laboratory, 75

Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL;

telephone: 305–361–4487.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamic

Statistician; telephone: 813–228–2815.

Special Accommodations

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Anne Alford at the

Council (see ADDRESSES) by April 15,

1997.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033197F]

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 (Council) will

convene a public meeting of the Reef

Fish Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

2, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn,

7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway,

Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813–281–

8000.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics

Statistician; telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef

Fish AP will review draft Reef Fish

Amendment 15 which contains:

proposals for a red snapper commercial

license limitation system; limits on

harvest of reef fish from crustacean

traps; a vermilion snapper minimum

size limit increase; removal of sea bass,

grunts, and porgies from Federal

management; and removal of several

reef fish species from the aggregate bag

limit rule. The Red Snapper AP may

also provide recommendations to the

Council, and the AP will also hear a

presentation on marine reserves from

NMFS.

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 April 25, 1997.
16562 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 1997 / Notices

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–8741 Filed 4–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 033197E]

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 meetings.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public meetings of the Red

Snapper Advisory Panel (AP) and

Standing and Special Reef Fish

Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows: Red Snapper AP will meet on

April 28, 1997, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m.; Standing and Special Reef Fish

SSC will meet on April 29, 1997, from

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the New Orleans Airport Radisson

Hotel, 2150 Veterans Boulevard,

Kenner, LA 70062; telephone: 504–467–

3111.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics

Statistician; telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Red

Snapper AP will review draft Reef Fish

Amendment 15 which contains:

proposals for a red snapper commercial

license limitation system; limits on

harvest of reef fish from crustacean

traps; a vermilion snapper minimum

size limit increase; removal of sea bass,

grunts, and porgies from Federal

management; and removal of several

reef fish species from the aggregate bag

limit rule. The Red Snapper AP may

also provide recommendations to the

Council, and the AP will also hear a

presentation on marine reserves from

NMFS.

The SSC will also review draft Reef

Fish Amendment 15 and provide

recommendations on the scientific

merits of the alternatives contained

within.

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 April 21, 1997.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040197A]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permits (PHF#s 779_1339 and

849_1341)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the following applicants, have applied

in due form for a permit to take take

and/or import marine mammals for

purposes of scientific research.

The Southeast Fisheries Science

Center, NMFS (PHF#779_1339), 75

Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 33149;

and

The University of Oklahoma,

Department of Zoology, 730 Van Vleet

Oval, Norman, OK 73019–0235.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before May 7, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southeast

Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center

Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702–

2432 (813–570–5301).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on these requests,

should be submitted to the Director,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those

individuals requesting a hearing should

set forth the specific reasons why a

hearing on this particular request would

be appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register,

NMFS is forwarding copies of the

applications to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permits are requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

Regulations Governing the Taking and

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR

part 216), the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.) and the regulations governing

the taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR

222.23).

Southeast Fisheries Science Center

(PHF# 779–1339) requests a permit to

(1) harass all species of cetaceans for the

purpose of estimating abundance,

collecting behavioral data, photography

and biopsy sampling, and (2) collect and

import biopsy tissue samples taken with

a projectile dart. Activities will occur in

the North Atlantic Ocean including the

Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, U.S.

territorial seas and international waters.

University of Oklahoma, Department

of Zoology (PHF# 849–1341) requests

authority to import two skeletal remains

of the South American dolphin (Sotalia

fluviatilis) from Managua, Nicaragua for

deposit at the Oklahoma Museum of

Natural History for use in scientific

research projects. The axial skeletons

and skulls were found on the beach and

are being held by the Nicaraguan

Government pending receipt of

appropriate permits.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Thursday,

April 24, 1997.

PLACE: 1155 21st St., N.W., Washington,

D.C. Lobby Level Hearing Room.

STATUS: Open.