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language interpretation and/or other

auxiliary aids please contact Mr. Miguel

A. Rolo ́n, Executive Director, (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: May 7, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11961 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 050696B]

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.

DATES: This meeting will be held on

June 10, 1996, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Isle of Capri Casino Crowne Plaza

Resort, 151 Beach Boulevard (Hwy.

90E), Biloxi, MS; telephone: 601–435–

5400.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 5401

West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331,

Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Leard, Senior Fishery Biologist;

telephone: 813–228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to review

Draft Amendment 9 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Shrimp

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico, U.S.

Waters with Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement,

Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), Initial

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, and

Social Impact Assessment (SIA). The

amendment is intended to address the

Council’s commitment to reduce the

bycatch mortality of red snapper,

particularly juveniles, from shrimp

trawls. The amendment includes a

review of previous actions and their

effects on bycatch as well as various

alternatives.

The Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) will

review the draft amendment with

various management alternatives for

gear including: (1) Status Quo - no

change to existing gear regulations; and

(2) Requiring Bycatch Reduction

Devices (BRDs) in all areas of the

exclusive economic zone. They will also

look at area specific usage of BRDs

including requiring BRDs: (1) inside the

100 fathom contour; (2) inside the 100

fathom contour and west of Cape San

Blas, Florida; and (3) between the 10

and 100 fathom contours. Other

alternatives that will be discussed

include: area closures, seasonal

closures, BRD testing criteria, and a

protocol for BRD certification. The

Shrimp AP will also consider a RIR,

which mainly reviews the economic

ramifications of the proposed

amendment; a SIA; and any

environmental consequences. Also

considered will be the effects of other

Federal laws and regulations.

The AP is comprised of fisherman and

other user groups who advise the

Council on fishery issues.

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 June 3, 1996.

Dated: May 7, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11960 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 050796B]

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 Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Southern Habitat Panel will hold a

public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

29, 1996, beginning at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the offices of the Gulf of Farallones

National Marine Sanctuary, Building

991 located at Crissy Field (the old

Coast Guard Station), The Presidio, San

Francisco, CA 94129; telephone: (415)

556–3509.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Coon, Fishery Management Coordinator

(Salmon); telephone: (503) 326–6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to discuss

and develop recommendations for

Council action on regional habitat issues

which merit consideration at this time.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Eric

Greene at (503) 326–6352 at least 5 days

prior to the meeting date.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11962 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

[I.D. 050496E]

Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permit (P612)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Kimberlee Beckmen, Institute of Arctic

Biology, University of Alaska,

Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, Fairbanks,

AK 99775–7000, has applied in due

form for a permit to take Northern fur

seals, (Callorhinus ursinus) for purposes

of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before June 13, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The application 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

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request, should

be submitted to the Director, Office of

Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 EastWest 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 this

application to the Marine Mammal

Commission and its Committee of

Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit is requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal