[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-145]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 122294D]


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 (Council) and 
its committees will hold public meetings on January 16-19, 1995. On 
January 16, 1995, the Shrimp Management Committee, and Joint Shrimp/
Reef Fish Management Committee will convene at 1:00 p.m., and recess at 
5:30 p.m. On January 17, the Reef Fish Management Committee, and Coral 
Management Committee will convene at 8:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:30 p.m.
    The full Council will convene its meeting on January 18, 1995, from 
8:30 a.m until 5:30 p.m. The agenda is as follows:
    8:45 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.--receive Public Testimony on the Cooperative 
Texas Shrimp Closure and Draft Reef Fish Amendment 8 (NOTE: Testimony 
cards must be turned in to staff before the start of public testimony); 
and
    3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--review the Reef Fish Management Committee 
Report on red snapper biological generation time estimates, NMFS 
actions on Council request rescinding bag limits, analyses of 1995 
recreational catch, and Draft Amendment 8 to the Reef Fish Fishery 
Management Plan.
    The Council will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on January 19 for the 
following:
    8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--continue review of Reef Fish Management 
Committee report;
    11:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.--receive reports of the Shrimp Management 
Committee, Joint Shrimp/Reef Fish Management Committee, and Coral 
Management Committee; and
    2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.--receive reports on the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas meeting, Enforcement 
reports, Directors' reports, and other business.
    All meetings will be held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel, 5150 
Westheimer, Houston, TX; telephone: (713) 961-1500.

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: 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 January 9, 1995.

    Dated: December 28, 1994.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries, Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-145 Filed 1-3-95; 8:45 am]
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