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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 022394C]

 

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 (Council) will 
hold a public meeting on March 16-17, 1994, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 
p.m., at the Holiday Inn on the Beach, 365 East Beach Boulevard 
(Highway 182), Gulf Shores, AL; telephone: (205) 948-6191. Related 
committee meetings will be held on March 14 and 15, 1994.
    On March 16, from 8:45 a.m. until 12 noon, the Council will receive 
public testimony on Amendment 9 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management 
Plan, on Amendment 2 to the Coral Fishery Management Plan, and on 
Amendment 7 to the Mackerel Fishery Management Plan (NOTE: Testimony 
cards must be turned in to staff before the start of public testimony). 
From 1:30 p.m. until 4 p.m., the Council will receive a report of the 
Reef Fish Management Committee and take final action on Reef Fish 
Amendment 9; and from 4 until 5 p.m., take action on Coral Amendment 2.
    The Council will reconvene on March 17 to receive reports from 8:30 
a.m. until 9 a.m. from the Mackerel Management Committee (including a 
report on Amendment 7); from 9 until 9:30 a.m., from the Habitat 
Protection Committee; from 9:30 until 9:45 a.m., from the Stone Crab 
Management Committee; and from 9:45 until 10 a.m., from the Scientific 
and Statistical Committee (SSC) Selection Committee. These items will 
be followed by Enforcement Reports, a discussion of PESCA (Fisheries 
Department of the Mexican Government) participation in Council 
Meetings, and the Director's Reports. This meeting will adjourn at 
11:15 a.m.
    Committees will convene at 1 p.m. on March 14, beginning with 
meetings of the SSC Selection Committee, the Mackerel Management 
Committee and a joint meeting between the Law Enforcement Advisory 
Panel and the Reef Fish Management Committee; these meetings will 
recess at 5 p.m. Committees will reconvene at 8 a.m. on March 15, 
beginning with a meeting of the Reef Fish Management Committee, 
followed by meetings of the Coral Management Committee, the Habitat 
Protection Committee, and the Stone Crab Management Committee. The 
meetings will adjourn at 5:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West Kennedy Boulevard, 
Suite 331, Tampa, FL; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Krebs at the above 
address by March 4, 1994.


    Dated: February 23, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4541 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]
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