[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 3, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-10467]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042294E]

 

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 May 100912, 1994, at the Marriott Bayfront 
Hotel, 900 North Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus Christi, TX; telephone: 
(512) 887091600. Related committee meetings will be held on May 9 and 
10, 1994.
    The Council will meet on May 10, from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. p.m. The 
Council will receive public testimony on Amendment 5 to the Stone Crab 
Fishery Management Plan, on Amendment 7 to the Shrimp Fishery 
Management Plan, on Amendment 10 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management 
Plan, and on Mackerel Total Allowable Catch and Bag Limits and the 
South Atlantic amendment to the Coral and Coral Reefs Fishery 
Management Plan in the area of jurisdiction from 3:15 until 5:45 p.m. 
(NOTE: Testimony cards must be turned in to staff before the start of 
public testimony). From 5:45 p.m. until 6 p.m., the Council will take 
action on Shrimp Amendment 7.
    The Council will reconvene on May 11 at 8:30 a.m. to receive the 
Panel report on the NMFS Shrimp Effort Data System, previous Council 
Actions/Information, Background and Overview of Shrimp.
    Trawl Bycatch Research Plan, Bycatch Characterization, Finfish 
Mortality Estimates, Bycatch Reduction by Turtle Excluder Devices, 
Bycatch Reduction Devices, Social and Economic Research, and Predator/
Prey Bycatch Reduction Model. The meeting will adjourn at 5 p.m. and 
reconvene on May 12 at 8:30 a.m. to receive a presentation of Fishery 
Provisions of Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Florida Keys 
National Marine Sanctuary until 10 a.m. From 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. 
the Council will receive reports of the Mackerel Management Committee, 
from 11:30 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. from the Stone Crab Management 
Committee, from 11:45 a.m. until 12 noon from the Scientific and 
Statistical Selection Committee, from 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. from 
the Reef Fish Management Committee, from 2:30 p.m. until 2:45 p.m. from 
the Habitat Protection Committee, from 2:45 p.m until 3 p.m. from the 
Migratory Species Management Committee. The reports will be followed by 
Clarification of Council Intent (Reef Fish Amendment 7), Enforcement 
Reports, the Director's Reports, and other business. This meeting will 
adjourn at 4:15 p.m.
    Committees will convene at 11 a.m. on May 9, beginning with 
meetings of the Migratory Species Management Committee, the Shrimp 
Management Committee and the Stone Crab Management Committee and will 
recess at 5:30 p.m. The meetings will reconvene at 8 a.m. on May 10, 
with the Mackerel Management Committee, and the Habitat Protection 
Committee. The meetings will adjourn at 2 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) 228092815.

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 May 2, 1994.

    Dated: April 25, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-10467 Filed 5-2-94; 8:45am]
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