[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14744-14745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8176]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032296B]


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 meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held from April 22-25, 1996, beginning at 
1:00 p.m. on April 22 and concluding at 12:00 noon on April 25.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Tampa Airport Hilton at 
MetroCenter, 2225 North Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL; 813-877-6688.
    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, Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The Socioeconomic Assessment Panel (SEP) will review available 
social and economic data on Gulf of Mexico fisheries of king and 
Spanish mackerels and cobia, to determine the social and economic 
implications of the levels of acceptable biological catch recommended 
by the Council's Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel. The SEP will then 
recommend to the Council levels of total allowable catch for the 1996-
1997 fishing year. In addition, the SEP will review Amendment 14 to the 
Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan, with particular emphasis on the 
social and economic implications of the proposed license limitation 
system for the fish trap fishery.

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 
April 15, 1996.

    Dated: March 28, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-8176 Filed 4-2-96; 8:45 am]
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