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                                                    VOL. 59, NO. 32

                                       Wednesday, February 16, 1994
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021094A]

 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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's Standing and 
Special Reef Fish and the Standing and Special Shrimp Scientific and 
Statistical Committees will hold public meetings on March 4, 1994, at 
the Radisson Inn New Orleans Airport, 2150 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, 
Kenner, Louisiana; telephone: (504) 467-3111. The Standing and Special 
Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee meeting will be held 
from 10 a.m to 12:30 p.m.
    The purpose of the meeting is to review proposed Draft Amendment 9 
to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of 
Mexico. Draft Amendment 9 includes management measures to collect 
historical landings data from fishermen, to extend the reef fish permit 
moratorium and the red snapper endorsement system, and to provide 
partial red snapper endorsements in 1995 to historical captains if the 
red snapper endorsement system is extended. The historical landings 
data will be used to establish the eligibility of fishermen if a system 
to limit access to the red snapper fishery is implemented based on 
individual transferable quotas (ITQs) or license limitations. 
Individuals would be notified of their potential allocation.
    The Standing and Special Shrimp Scientific and Statistical 
Committee meeting will be held from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    The purpose of that meeting is to review Amendment 7 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico which 
proposes to:
    (1) Define overfishing for white shrimp;
    (2) Provide for a framework adjustment for the overfishing 
definitions for brown, white, and pink shrimp;
    (3) Revise the overfishing definition for royal red shrimp; and
    (4) Eliminate the total allowable level of foreign fishing to allow 
the domestic fleet to harvest the entire optimum yield.
    The Standing Scientific and Statistical Committee meeting will be 
held from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for consideration of operation 
procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (Shrimp) Terrance R. Leary, Fishery 
Biologist, or (Reef Fish) Steven M. Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West 
Kennedy Boulevard, suite 331, Tampa, FL; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to the above address by 
February 25, 1994.

    Dated: February 10, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-3561 Filed 2-15-94; 8:45 am]
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