[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16371]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061996C]


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's (Council) 
Mariculture Review Policy Panel will convene a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 30-31, 1996, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m., each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton, 
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: Richard Hoogland, Biologist, Gulf of 
Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This panel will meet to assess the adequacy 
of current Council policy on mariculture. The panel's charge will be to 
critically review current Council policy and, if deemed appropriate, 
develop proposed revisions for Council's consideration and future 
implementation. Council's interest in having its policy reviewed, and 
possibly updated, was prompted by the increasing number of mariculture 
activities taking place in the Gulf of Mexico region and their 
potential impact on species for which the Council has management 
responsibilities.

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 
July 23, 1996.

    Dated: June 21, 1996.
Donald J. Leedy,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-16371 Filed 6-26-96; 8:45 am]
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