97-33972. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 67825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33972]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 122397H]


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.

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 9, 1996, beginning at 9:00 
a.m. and conclude at 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton 
Hotel, 901 Airline Highway, Kenner, LA; 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, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) will review 
scientific information on the cooperative shrimp closure with the state 
of Texas, royal red shrimp regulatory amendment (tentative) and 
comparison of shrimp vessel effort and bycatch characterization effort. 
The AP consists principally of commercial shrimp fishermen, dealers and 
association representatives. The AP will develop recommendations to the 
Council regarding the extent of Federal waters off Texas that will be 
closed in 1996 concurrently with the closure of Texas waters. If 
Amendment 8 to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan is approved, the AP 
will review a regulatory amendment that would provide a procedure for 
setting a total allowable catch of royal red shrimp. The AP will also 
develop recommendations regarding the level of effort in the shrimp 
fishery after reviewing information that compares levels of effort 
collected using the current method and effort collected from the 
bycatch characterization study.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda listed in this notice.

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 
January 2, 1996.

    Dated: December 23, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-33972 Filed 12-23-97; 3:51 pm]
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