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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081894B]

 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 will convene 
public meetings of its Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee 
on September 8, 1994, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and its Reef Fish 
Advisory Panel on September 9, 1994, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., to 
review and discuss stock assessment information, and social and 
economic information on red snapper and gag. Based on this review, they 
will recommend to the Council levels for setting total allowable catch, 
trip limits, bag limits, size limits, and closed seasons or areas, or 
gear restrictions for 1995. They will also review and discuss an 
evaluation by the Special Management Zone Monitoring Team of a request 
from the State of Alabama to designate certain areas in the exclusive 
economic zone off the coast of Alabama as Special Management Zones with 
gear restrictions for reef fish fishing.
    The meetings will be held at the Guest Quarters Hotel, 4400 West 
Cypress Street, Tampa, FL; telephone: (813) 873-8675.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven M. Atran, Populations Dynamics 
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 West 
Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 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 September 1, 1994.

    Dated: August 19, 1994.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-20818 Filed 8-23-94; 8:45 am]
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