[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18800-18801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9080]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040495F]


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.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene public meetings from April 25-27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pontchartrain Hotel, 2031 
St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70140; telephone: (504) 524-0581.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terrance R. Leary (for Mackerel and 
Shrimp related issues), or Steven M. Atran (for Reef Fish related 
issues), Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West Kennedy 
Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda is as follows:
    On April 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mackerel Advisory Panel 
(AP); on April 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Special Mackerel and 
Standing Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSC); on April 26, from 
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and April 27 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 
Special Reef Fish and Standing SSC; and April 27, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 
p.m. Standing SSC.
    The Mackerel AP and SSC will review stock assessment information 
related to setting total allowable catch (TAC) and trip and bag limits 
for king and Spanish mackerel and cobia in the Gulf of Mexico. The Reef 
Fish SSC will review a variety of reef fish management measures in 
Draft Amendment 11 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan. The 
Standing SSC will review measures to remove royal red shrimp from the 
fishery management plan as proposed in Draft Amendment 8 to the Shrimp 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
    Issues that will be addressed in Draft Amendment 11 to the Reef 
Fish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) include: Proposed modifications of 
the FMP 

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regulatory framework procedure for the annual specification of total 
allowable catch including changes in procedures, the definition of 
optimum yield, and the criteria for specifying the length of a stock 
recovery program for overfished reef fish species; permitting issues 
including dealer and vessel permit conditions, transferability 
provisions, implementation of a new vessel permit moratorium for the 
fishery, and permits for charter vessels and head boats; allowing hook-
and-line harvest of reef fish by shrimp vessels; issues related to 
enforceability of reef fish regulations; changes to amberjack size and 
bag limits and a commercial seasonal closure; changes to gag/black 
grouper and red snapper size limits; and an aggregate bag limit for 
reef fish.
    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Krebs at the above address 
by April 18, 1995.

    Dated: April 7, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-9080 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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