10536 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 1995 / Proposed Rules

References Cited

Royer, R.A., and G.M. Marrone. 1992.

Conservation status of the Dakota

skipper (Hesperia dacotae) in North and

South Dakota. Report to U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Svc., Denver, CO. 44 pp.

Author

The primary author of this document is

Charles G. Kjos, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Twin Cities Field Office,

Bloomington, MN 55425–1665, telephone

612/725–3548.

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.).

Dated: February 16, 1995.

Mollie H. Beattie,

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 641

[I.D. 021595A]

Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of

Mexico; Regulatory Amendment Public

Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearings; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene two public hearings on a draft

proposed Regulatory Amendment to the

regulations implementing the Fishery

Management Plan for the Reef Fish

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico. The draft

proposed Regulatory Amendment,

developed under an FMP framework

procedure for adjusting management

measures, would decrease the current

20 inch minimum size for red grouper

to 18 inches for both commercial and

recreational fisheries. A reduction of the

current five fish daily bag limit for red

grouper in the recreational fishery (five

fish for all grouper species combined)

may also be considered along with the

proposed minimum size limit change. A

final Regulatory Amendment to reduce

the minimum size limit for red grouper

to 18 inches was previously submitted

to NMFS for review, approval, and

implementation. NMFS subsequently

informed the Council that it should

consider new fishery information

regarding the impacts of the proposed

regulatory changes which became

available to the Council. Also, NMFS

requested that the Council evaluate

more completely the expected biological

and regulatory impacts of the proposed

measures. At the public hearings, the

Council will make available for public

review and comment the draft proposed

Regulatory Amendment and other

available information. Based on the

public hearing testimony and on a

consideration of the new fishery

information, the Council intends to

make the appropriate changes in the

Regulatory Amendment and resubmit it

to NMFS.

DATES: Written comments on the draft

proposed Regulatory Amendment or on

the additional fishery information from

NMFS will be accepted until March 10,

1995. The hearings are scheduled from

7 p.m. to 10 p.m. as follows:

1. Thursday, March 9, 1995, in

Tampa, FL; and

2. Thursday, March 9, 1995, in

Sarasota, FL

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft proposed

Regulatory Amendment are available

from, Mr. Steven M. Atran, Gulf of

Mexico Fishery Management Council,

5401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite

331, Tampa, FL 33609; FAX: 813–225–

7015. Written comments on this

document should be addressed to the

same individual.

The hearings will be held at the

following locations:

1. Tampa, FL—Ramada Airport Hotel,

5303 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa,

FL 33609

2. Sarasota, FL—Holiday Inn Lido

Beach, 233 Ben Franklin Drive,

Sarasota, FL 34236

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven M. Atran, Populations Dynamics

Statistician, 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

meetings are physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie

Krebs (see ADDRESSES) by March 1,

1995.

Additional opportunity for public

testimony on this issue will be

scheduled at the Council meeting in

New Orleans on Wednesday, March 15,

beginning at 8:45 a.m. Persons testifying

at this meeting must turn in registration

cards before the start of the testimony.

Dated: February 21, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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