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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 658

[I.D. 021494C]

 

Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Public Hearings

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

ACTION: Notice of public hearings and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene 
four public hearings on Draft Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico. Amendment 7 proposes 
to: define overfishing for white shrimp; provide for a framework 
adjustment for the overfishing definitions for brown, white, and pink 
shrimp; revise the overfishing definition for royal red shrimp; and 
eliminate the total allowable level of foreign fishing to allow the 
domestic fleet to obtain optimum yield. Two public hearings were 
previously announced in the Federal Register for Corpus Christi, Texas 
and Galveston, Texas.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed amendment must be received by 
April 22, 1994. The hearings are scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. as 
follows: Tuesday, March 15, 1994, in Bon Secour, Alabama; Wednesday, 
March 23, 1994, in Ft. Myers, Florida; Tuesday, March 29, 1994, in 
Houma, Louisiana; and Wednesday, March 30, 1994, in Biloxi, 
Mississippi.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Wayne E. Swingle, Executive 
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West Kennedy 
Boulevard, suite 331, Tampa, Florida 33609 FAX: 813-225-7015. The 
hearings will be held at the following locations:

1. Bon Secour, Alabama--St. Peters Episcopal Church, 6270 Bon Secour 
Highway, Intersection of County Roads 10 & 49, Bon Secour, Alabama
2. Ft. Myers, Florida--Holiday Inn Central, 2431 Cleveland Avenue, Ft. 
Myers, Florida
3. Houma, Louisiana--Holiday Inn, 210 South Hollywood Road, Houma, 
Louisiana
4. Biloxi, Mississippi--Broadwater Beach Resort, 2110 Beach Boulevard, 
Biloxi, Mississippi

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terrance R. Leary, Fishery Biologist, 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These hearings are physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Krebs (see ADDRESSES) 
5 working days prior to the applicable meeting.

    Dated: February 24, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4615 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]
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