96-4599. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4599]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 022196B]


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 March 20, 1996, from 1:00 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn-Fort Brown, 1900 
East Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, TX; telephone: [phone].
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Biologist; telephone: 
813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Law Enforcement Advisory Panel will 
review preliminary versions of two draft amendments to fishery 
management plans (FMP). Draft Amendment 9 to the Shrimp FMP addresses 
shrimp trawl bycatch and possible requirements for bycatch reduction 
devices. Draft Amendment 14 to the Reef Fish FMP addresses a possible 
permanent license limitation system for fish trap users and options for 
a ban on fish traps in Federal waters off of southwest Florida. This 
amendment also contains options to revise the reef fish framework 
procedure for setting total allowable catch, and to change the 
transferability provisions for reef fish vessel permits when 
transferring between vessel owners and operators who are the income 
qualifiers for the permit.

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 
March 13, 1996.

    Dated: February 22, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-4599 Filed 2-28-96; 8:45 am]
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