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[FR Doc No: 94-12319]


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[Federal Register: May 20, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050694L]

 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public hearings; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene six 
public hearings on a draft generic trap amendment. The draft amendment 
would modify the construction specifications of spiny lobster traps 
used in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), establish construction 
specifications for stone crab traps used in the EEZ, prohibit the use 
of blue crab traps in the EEZ off Florida, and establish geographic and 
reef fish bycatch restrictions in the stressed area off Florida north 
of 27 deg. for traps other than reef fish traps. The amendment also 
contains alternatives to allow traps in minor or potential trap 
fisheries such as octopus, shrimp, and deep-water crab and lobster.


DATES: Written comments on the draft amendment must be received by June 
27, 1994. Hearings will be held on June 7-9 and June 13-15, 1994. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for dates and times of hearings.


ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Steven M. Atran, Populations 
Dynamics Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609; fax: 813-225-7015. 
Hearings are being held in Florida in various locations listed in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven M. Atran, 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The hearings are scheduled from 7 p.m. to 10 
p.m. as follows:

    1. June 7, 1994: Plantation Inn and Golf Resort, West Fort Island 
Trail (Cross Road 44W), Crystal River, FL.
    2. June 8, 1994: Steinhatchee Community Center, State Highway 51, 
Steinhatchee, FL.
    3. June 9, 1994: Ramada Inn Tallahassee, 2900 North Monroe Street, 
Tallahassee, FL.
    4. June 13, 1994: Holiday Inn Beachside, 3841 North Roosevelt 
Boulevard, Key West, FL.
    5. June 14, 1994: Naples Depot Civic-Cultural Center, 1051 5th 
Avenue South, Naples, FL.
    6. June 15, 1994: City of Madeira Beach Municipal Auditorium, 300 
Municipal Drive, Madeira Beach, FL.
    These meetings 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: May 16, 1994.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 94-12319 Filed 5-19-94; 8:45 am]

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