94-26680. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101794A]

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 meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) and 
its committees will hold meetings on November 14 through 17, 1994, at 
the Sheraton-Gunter Hotel, 205 East Houston, San Antonio, TX; 
telephone: [phone].

ADDRESSES: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West Kennedy 
Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL; telephone: [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director; 
telephone: [phone].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council Meetings
    The Council meetings will begin on November 15 at 1:30 p.m. The 
agenda is as follows:

November 15

     (2 p.m. - 3 p.m.) Appoint committees, receive public 
testimony on
grouper size limits and total allowable catch (TAC), and the South 
Atlantic Council Spiny Lobster Amendment (NOTE: Testimony cards must be 
turned in to staff before the start of public testimony); and
     (3 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Take final action on grouper size limits 
and other TAC issues, review Reef Fish Amendment 9 data collection and 
NMFS actions.

November 16

     (8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.) Receive a report on the NMFS 
Permitting System;
     (9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.) Approve Draft Reef Fish Amendment 
8 for public hearings;
     (10:45 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.) Review an options paper for Reef 
Fish Amendment 11;
     (3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.) Consider Alabama Special 
Management Zones for public hearings; and
     (4:15 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Review other reef fish issues.

November 17

     (8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.) Receive reports of the Habitat 
Protection Committee;
     (8:45 a.m. - 9 a.m.) Receive reports from the Spiny 
Lobster Management Committee;
     (9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.) Receive reports from the Migratory 
Species Management Committee;
     (9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.) Receive reports from the Mackerel 
Management Committee;
     (9:45 - 10 a.m.) Review of the Gulf and South Atlantic 
Fisheries Development Foundation Bycatch Meeting;
     (10 a.m. - 2 p.m.) Receive a discussion paper on a bycatch 
amendment;
     (2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.) Review responses to a House 
Appropriations Committee Request;
     (2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.) Receive Law Enforcement Advisory 
Panel report;
     (2:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.) Status report on turtle stranding 
litigation;
     (3 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.) Council member orientation session;
     (3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.) Receive enforcement reports;
     (3:30 - 3:45 p.m.) Review of funding for Mexican Pesca 
representative to attend Council meetings;
     (3:45 - 4:15) Receive Director's reports; and
     (4:15 - 4:30) Other business.

Committee Meetings

November 14

     (1 p.m. - 5 p.m.) Meeting of the Mackerel Management 
Committee, and Joint Shrimp/Reef Fish Management Committee.

November 15

     (8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) Meeting of the Habitat Protection 
Committee, Migratory Species Management Committee, and Spiny Lobster 
Management Committee.

Special Accommodations

    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 
October 28, 1994.

    Dated: October 21, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-26680 Filed 10-27-94; 8:45 am]
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