96-29468. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 223 (Monday, November 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58675-58676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29468]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 110896A]


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 a public meeting of the Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: This meeting will be held on December 13, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites 
Hotel, 4400 West Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-873-
8675.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting will be to review 
stock assessments and biological information for red snapper, vermilion 
snapper and amberjacks prepared by NMFS. They will also review reports 
on the status of these stocks and possible recommendations for levels 
of acceptable biological catch (ABC) from the Council's Reef Fish Stock 
Assessment Panel, and on the social and economic implications of 
recommended ABC ranges from the Socioeconomic Panel. Based on this 
information, the Reef Fish AP may make recommendations for management 
measures to the Council. The Reef Fish AP will also discuss options 
being considered for inclusion in Reef Fish Amendment 15 that would 
restrict the commercial harvest of reef fish on fishing vessels fishing 
with traps other than permitted fish traps, stone crab traps or spiny 
lobster traps.
    The AP is comprised of fishermen 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

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Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by December 6, 1996.

    Dated: November 12, 1996.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-29468 Filed 11-15-96; 8:45 am]
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