96-14732. Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14732]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060496D]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as follows: Mackerel Advisory Panel 
(AP) July 8, 1996, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Standing and Special 
Mackerel Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), July 9, 1996, from 
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Mackerel AP and SSC meeting will be held at the 
Ponchartrain Hotel, 2031 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70104; 
telephone: [phone].
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mackerel AP during its meeting on July 
8, 1996 and the SSC during its meeting on July 9, 1996 will review the 
following mackerel assessment information and develop their 
recommendations to the Council: A stock assessment for the fishery 
prepared by NMFS; a report of the Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel which 
will recommend the range of allowable biological catch of Gulf group 
king mackerel for the 1996-97 season; and a report of a scientific 
socioeconomic panel which examines social and economic impacts of 
various levels of total allowable catch (TAC) for the 1996-97 season.
    The Council will consider these recommendations when it sets TAC 
and trip and bag limits for king and Spanish mackerel for the 1996-97 
mackerel season at the Council meeting on July 17-18, 1996 in Tampa, 
FL.
    The SSC consists of scientists, and the Mackerel AP is made up of 
fishermen and other users who advise the Council on fishery issues.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 July 1, 1996.

    Dated: June 5, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-14732 Filed 6-10-96; 8:45 am]
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