[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12451]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050996E]
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 June 6, 1996, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
and will conclude at 5:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton at
Metro Center, 2225 North Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL; 813-877-6688.
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: 813-228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to review
Draft Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery
of the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Waters with Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact Review (RIR), Initial Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis, and Social Impact Assessment (SIA). The amendment
is intended to address the Council's commitment to reduce the bycatch
mortality of red snapper, particularly juveniles, from shrimp trawls.
The amendment includes a review of previous actions and their effects
on bycatch as well as various alternatives.
The Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) will review the draft amendment with
various management alternatives for gear including: (1) Status Quo - no
change to existing gear regulations; and (2) Requiring Bycatch
Reduction Devices (BRD) in all areas of the exclusive economic zone.
They will also look at area specific usage of BRDs including requiring
BRDs: (1) inside the 100 fathom contour; (2) inside the 100 fathom
contour and west of Cape San Blas, Florida; and (3) between the 10 and
100 fathom contours. Other alternatives that will be discussed include:
area closures, seasonal closures, BRD testing criteria, and a protocol
for BRD certification. The SEP will focus their review on the economic
and social impacts of these various alternatives, as these impacts are
discussed in the RIR and the SIA.
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 May
30, 1996.
Dated: May 10, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-12451 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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