[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-8385]
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[Federal Register: April 7, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 641
[I.D. 033094D]
Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Amended notice of public hearings, an additional public
hearing; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) is
amending the notice of public hearings on draft Amendment 5 to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Stone Crab Fishery of the Gulf of
Mexico, by adding an additional public hearing and expanding the scope
of all the hearings to solicit comments on draft Amendment 10 to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of
Mexico.
DATES: Written comments on draft Amendment 10 will be accepted until
May 6, 1994. An additional hearing is scheduled to be held in
Steinhatchee, Florida, on Tuesday, April 26, 1994, from 7 p.m. to 10
p.m.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Wayne E. Swingle, Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West Kennedy
Boulevard, suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609; FAX: 813-225-7015. The hearing
will be held at the Community Center, State Highway 51, Steinhatchee,
Florida.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, 813-228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice amends a notice of public
hearings that appeared in the Federal Register on March 31, 1994 (59 FR
15151), by adding an additional public hearing and soliciting public
comments at all hearings on draft Amendment 10 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico. Draft
Amendment 10 will include the following management measures: (1) A
change in the cutoff date from November 19, 1992, to February 7, 1994,
to qualify for a fish trap endorsement during the current 3-year trap
moratorium. This change would allow a fish trap endorsement on a reef
fish permit, which is required to use fish traps, to be issued or
renewed by NMFS for a current owner of a permitted vessel who has a
record of reef fish landings from fish traps in the Gulf of Mexico
exclusive economic zone between 1991 and 1994 as reported on vessel
logbooks received by NMFS on or before February 7, 1994; and (2)
establishment of a Council appeals board, the members of which would
recommend to the Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, whether additional
endorsements should be issued based on demonstrated financial hardship
related to trap fishing or based on an incapacitating illness between
November 19, 1992, and February 7, 1994. All other information, as
contained in the notice of public hearings published March 31, 1994,
remains the same.
Dated: April 4, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-8385 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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