[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6815-6816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3904]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 021296D]


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.

DATES: The meetings will be held on March 11-14, 1996. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Hawk's Cay Resort, Mile 
Marker 61, U.S. Highway 1, Duck Key, FL; telephone: 800-826-4061.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director; 
telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

    March 12
     1:30 p.m.--Convene to receive public testimony.
     1:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive final public testimony on Draft 
Reef Fish Amendment 13 extending the red snapper endorsement system, 
Red Snapper Regulatory Amendment and Draft Coastal Migratory Pelagics 
(Mackerel) Amendment 8. (NOTE: Testimony cards must be turned in to 
staff before the start of public testimony).
    March 13
    8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Reconvene to continue public testimony.
    10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Final Council Action on Draft Mackerel 
Amendment 8.
    1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.--Reconvene to continue Final Council Action 
on Draft Mackerel Amendment 8.
    3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Receive a report of the Personnel Committee 
(CLOSED SESSION).
    March 14
    8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Reconvene to receive a report of the Reef 
Fish Management Committee.
    9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.--Receive a report of the Habitat Protection 
Management Committee.
    10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.--Receive a report of the Ad Hoc 
Communications Committee.
    10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.--Receive a report of the Red Drum 
Management Committee.
    10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.--Discuss issues related to the Bycatch 
Amendment.
    11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.--Receive report of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Working Groups.
    11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.--Receive South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council Liaison Report.
    11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.--Receive Enforcement and Director's 
reports.
    12:15 pm. - 12:30 p.m.--Other business to be discussed.
    Committees
    March 11
    9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Habitat Protection Management 
Committee.
    1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.--Convene the Ad Hoc Communications Committee.
    2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.--Hold a public workshop on fish traps.
    March 12
    8:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon--Convene the Reef Fish Management Committee.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 March 4, 1996.

    Dated: February 14, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3904 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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