[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 241 (Friday, December 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64420-64421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30600]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 120895A]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting of its Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 9, 1996 beginning at 9:00 
a.m. and will conclude at 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton 
Hotel, 901 Airline Highway, Kenner, LA; telephone: 504-469-5000.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antonio B. Lamberte, Economist; 
telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AP will review scientific information on 
the cooperative shrimp closure with the State of Texas, royal red 
shrimp regulatory amendment (tentative) and comparison of shrimp vessel 
effort and bycatch characterization effort. The AP consists principally 
of commercial shrimp fishermen, dealers and association 
representatives. The AP will develop recommendations to the Council 
regarding the extent of the closure of Federal waters off Texas in 1996 
concurrent with the closure of Texas waters. If Amendment 8 to the 
Shrimp Fishery Management Plan is approved, the AP will review a 
regulatory amendment that would provide a procedure for setting a total 
allowable catch of royal red shrimp. The AP will also develop 
recommendations regarding the level of effort in the shrimp fishery 
after reviewing information that compares levels of effort collected 
using the current method and effort collected from the bycatch 
characterization study.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by 
January 2, 1996.

 
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    Dated: December 8, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-30600 Filed 12-14-95; 8:45 am]
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