[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18756-18757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041197A]


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 (Council) will 
convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on May 12-15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza, 
333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA; telephone: (504) 525-9444.
    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; 
telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

May 14

     8:30 a.m.--Convene.
    8:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Receive public testimony on Mackerel Total 
Allocable Catch and Reef Fish Amendment 15, published on April 11, 
1997, 62 FR 17776.
     1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.--Continue public testimony on Reef Fish 
Amendment 15.
    3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Reef Fish Management 
Committee.

May 15

    8:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Receive a report of the Mackerel Management 
Committee.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive a report of the Shrimp Management 
Committee.

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    11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.--Receive a report of the Data Collection 
Committee.
    11:45 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.--Receive a report of the Law Enforcement 
Committee.
    12:00 noon - 12:15 p.m.--Receive a report on the South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council Liaison.
    12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Advisory Committee.
    12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.--Receive Enforcement Reports.
    1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.-- Receive Director's Reports.
    1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.--Other business to be discussed.

Committees

May 12

    1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Convene the Data Collection Committee to 
review the procedures that will be used by NMFS in monitoring 
recreational red snapper landings and closing that fishery when the 
quota is taken.
    2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.--Convene the Shrimp Management Committee to 
review restoration scenarios for the red snapper stock provided that 
several additional types of bycatch reduction devices are allowed in 
shrimp trawls and the prognosis for the upcoming brown shrimp season in 
Louisiana.
    4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Convene the Law Enforcement Committee to 
review the NOAA Penalty Schedule Meeting Discussion and the Law 
Enforcement Advisory Panel (AP) comments.

May 13

    8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee 
(Committee) to review recommendations on Draft Amendment 15 by the 
public from hearings and letters, the Red Snapper AP, the Reef Fish AP, 
the Law Enforcement AP, the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) 
and by NMFS. Following its review, the Committee will develop its 
recommendations to the Council. The Committee will also review a stock 
assessment panel report on vermilion snapper and public comments on a 
scoping document for amberjacks.
    1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Convene the Mackerel Management Committee to 
review the Stock Assessment Panel report, the Socioeconomic Panel 
report, and the recommendations of the Mackerel AP and SSC before 
developing its recommendations to the Council. It will also review a 
preliminary options paper for the next amendment to the fishery 
management plan for the mackerel fishery and reporting of landings.

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 May 5, 1997.

    Dated: April 11, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-9923 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]
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