[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42005-42006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20621]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080596F]
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 meetings are scheduled as follows: Standing and Special Red
Drum Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), September 4, 1996,
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC, September
5, 1996, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza,
333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-525-9444.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Swingle, Executive Director;
telephone: 813-228-2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m., the
Red Drum SSC will review an assessment on status of the red drum stock
in the Gulf of Mexico. They will also review a report of a Scientific
Stock Assessment Panel which will recommend a range of acceptable
biological catch (ABC) for the Gulf fishery.
On September 5, beginning at 8:00 a.m. the Reef Fish SSC will
review an assessment prepared by LGL Ecological Research Associates,
Inc. of Bryan, Texas, of the assessment procedure and data utilized by
NMFS in preparing the annual stock assessment for Gulf red snapper.
They will also review the comments of NMFS and Council Scientific Stock
Assessment Panel on the LGL assessment.
The SSC will develop its recommendations on these two issues for
consideration by the Council at its September 9-13, 1996 meeting in New
Orleans.
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 August 28, 1996.
Dated: August 7, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20621 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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