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stock has been restored to a level above

the overfishing threshold. If the stock

has been restored, the Panel will

develop an estimate of the range of

acceptable biological catch (ABC) for the

stock. The Council will review the

Panel’s report at its September meeting

and may specify a total allowable catch

(TAC) within the range of ABC for the

fishery. Implementation of a TAC will,

however, require an amendment to the

fishery management plan for red drum.

The amendment action would require

approximately 9 months for

implementation.

The red drum stock was classified as

overfished in 1986 and harvest and

possession of red drum in Federal

waters was prohibited in 1987. Most

actions to restore the stock have been

taken by the individual Gulf states.

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 July 22, 1996.

Dated: July 2, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s Bluefish

Advisory Panel (together with the

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries

Commission’s Bluefish Advisory Panel)

will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

24, 1996, from 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn at the Crossings, 801

Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, RI;

telephone: (401) 732–6000.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:

(302) 674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director;

telephone: (302) 674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is for discussion

of technical/assessment report,

Amendment #1 overfishing definition,

and Amendment #1 management

measures.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: July 2, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17438 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

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070296C]

Pacific Halibut Fisheries; 1996 Halibut

Landing Report No. 4

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Inseason action.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator

for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of the

International Pacific Halibut

Commission (IPHC), publishes these

inseason actions pursuant to IPHC

regulations approved by the U.S.

Government to govern the Pacific

halibut fishery. These actions are

intended to enhance the conservation of

the Pacific halibut stock.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Pennoyer, 907–586–7221;

William W. Stelle, Jr., 206–526–6140; or

Donald McCaughran, 206–634–1838.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IPHC,

under the Convention between the

United States of America and Canada

for the Preservation of the Halibut

Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean

and Bering Sea (signed at Ottawa,

Ontario, on March 2, 1953), as amended

by a Protocol Amending the Convention

(signed at Washington, DC, on March

29, 1979), has issued this inseason

action pursuant to IPHC regulations

governing the Pacific halibut fishery.

The regulations have been approved by

NMFS (60 FR 14651, March 20, 1995,

and amended at 61 FR 11337, March 20,

1996). On behalf of the IPHC, this

inseason action is published in the

Federal Register to provide additional

notice of its effectiveness, and to inform

persons subject to the inseason action of

the restrictions and requirements

established therein.

Inseason Action

1996 Halibut Landing Report No. 4

Area 2B Commercial Fishery Update

Halibut landings from Area 2B total

4.45 million pounds (2,018.50 metric

tons (mt)) through June 17, leaving 5.07

million pounds (2,299.73 mt) of the

catch limit to be caught. The fishery will

continue until all Individual Vessel

Quotas (IFQ) have been filled, or

November 15, whichever is earlier.

Annette Island Reserve Fishery in Area

2C.

The Metlakatla Indian community has

been authorized by the U.S. Government

to conduct a commercial halibut fishery

within the Annette Island Reserve. Four

48-hour fishing periods occurred

between April 27 and June 10,

producing a total catch of 21,400

pounds (9.70 mt).

Alaskan Commercial Fishery Update

It is estimated that the following

catches and number of landings were

made in the Alaskan IFQ and

Community Development Quota (CDQ)

fisheries through June 12, 1996.

Area

Catch

limit

(000’s

pounds)

Catch

(000’s

pounds)

Number

of landings

2C ....................... 9,000 4,803 1,334

3A ....................... 20,000 8,196 1,139

3B ....................... 3,700 806 131

4A ....................... 1,950 268 40

4B ....................... 2,310 314 16

4C ....................... 770 1 2

4D ....................... 770 157 7

4E ....................... 20 34 45

Total ................ 38,620 14,579 2,714

During the same time period in 1995,

March 15 through June 9, 8.0 million

pounds (3,628.77 mt) were landed in the

Alaskan IFQ and CDQ fisheries.

Dated: July 2, 1996.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Marine Mammals; Scientific Research

Permits (P607 and P614)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.
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ACTION: Receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Cynthia K. Riseling, 12659 16th Street,

Chino, CA 91710 (P607), and Dr. David

R. Young, Oregon State University

College of Oceanography, Hatfield

Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

97365–5260 (P614), have applied in due

form for a permit to take marine

mammals for purposes of scientific

research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before August 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The applications and

related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

(P607 and 614): Permits Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289);

(P607 and 614): Director, Southwest

Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Long Beach, CA 90802–4213 (310/980–

4001); and

(P614): Director, Northwest Region,

NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN

C15700, Bldg., 1, Seattle, WA 98115–

0070.

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 this

application 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 (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

Cynthia Riseling (P607) requests

authority to sample up to 35 juvenile

California sea lions (Zalophus

californianus) annually for three years.

Animals sampled will be from stranded

rehabilitated stocks at marine mammal

stranding centers in California. Three

cultures will be taken from the skin,

throat, and vaginal/urethral area to

study the normal bacteria flora of this

animal. If fecal samples are available,

they will be collected. The question the

applicant seeks to answer is are normal

bacterial flora of these animals causing

disease in humans?

David R. Young (P614) requests

authority to import from Russia blubber,

liver, muscle and composited seal

blubber oil taken from Baikal seals

(Phoca sibirica). Samples will be taken

from eight carcasses which were either

beached, stranded, or hunted under

Russia’s legal culling system from areas

of Lake Baikal. The researchers seek to

establish the level of toxic contaminants

[PCBs; DDTs; PAHs; Organic Mercury;

Trace Metals] in indicator tissues of the

Baikal seal, and also components of the

animal’s food web.

Date: July 1, 1996.

Ann Hochman,

Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation

Division, Office of Protected Resources, Office

of Protected Resources, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

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COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain

Cotton and Man-Made Fiber Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Turkey

July 2, 1996.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs adjusting

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Naomi Freeman, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); Uruguay Round Agreements

Act.

The current limit for Category 611 is

being increased for swing and carryover,

reducing the Fabric Group limit to

account for the swing being applied.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 60 FR 65299,

published on December 19, 1995). Also

see 60 FR 57576, published on

November 16, 1995.

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act and the Uruguay Round

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, but

are designed to assist only in the

implementation of certain of their

provisions.

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

July 2, 1996.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: This directive

amends, but does not cancel, the directive

issued to you on November 9, 1995, by the

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements. That directive

concerns imports of certain cotton, wool and

man-made fiber textile products, produced or

manufactured in Turkey and exported during

the twelve-month period which began on

January 1, 1996 and extends through

December 31, 1996.

Effective on July 3, 1996, you are directed

to adjust the limits for the following

categories, as provided for in the Uruguay

Round Agreements Act and the Uruguay

Round Agreement on Textiles and Clothing:

Category Adjusted twelve-month

limit 1

Fabric Group

219, 313, 314, 315,

317, 326, 617,

625/626/627/628/

629, as a group.

148,042,490 square

meters.

Limit not in a group

611 ........................... 53,998,884 square

meters.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1995.

The Committee for the Implementation of

Textile Agreements has determined that

these actions fall within the foreign affairs

exception of the rulemaking provisions of 5

U.S.C. 553(a)(1).

Sincerely,

Troy H. Cribb,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

[FR Doc. 96–17453 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

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