96-28251. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 214 (Monday, November 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28251]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102896F]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of the Socioeconomic Assessment Panel (SEP).

DATES: The meeting will be held beginning at 1:00 p.m. on December 2, 
1996, and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on December 4, 1996.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 
7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL; telephone: [phone].
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist; 
telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting will be to review 
available social and economic data on the Gulf of Mexico red snapper, 
vermilion, and amberjack fisheries and to determine the social and 
economic implications of the levels of acceptable biological catch 
recommended by the Council's Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel. The SEP 
may recommend to the Council total allowable catch levels for the 1996-
97 fishing year. The SEP will also review a draft of Amendment 15 to 
the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan. This amendment proposes a 
license limitation program for the commercial red snapper fishery.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by contacting the Council (see 
ADDRESSES).

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 
November 22, 1996.

    Dated: October 28, 1996.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-28251 Filed 11-1-96; 8:45 am]
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