[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42005-42006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20621]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080596F]


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.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as follows: Standing and Special Red 
Drum Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), September 4, 1996, 
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC, September 
5, 1996, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn Crown Plaza, 
333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; telephone: 504-525-9444.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 4, beginning at 10:00 a.m., the 
Red Drum SSC will review an assessment on status of the red drum stock 
in the Gulf of Mexico. They will also review a report of a Scientific 
Stock Assessment Panel which will recommend a range of acceptable 
biological catch (ABC) for the Gulf fishery.
    On September 5, beginning at 8:00 a.m. the Reef Fish SSC will 
review an assessment prepared by LGL Ecological Research Associates, 
Inc. of Bryan, Texas, of the assessment procedure and data utilized by 
NMFS in preparing the annual stock assessment for Gulf red snapper. 
They will also review the comments of NMFS and Council Scientific Stock 
Assessment Panel on the LGL assessment.
    The SSC will develop its recommendations on these two issues for 
consideration by the Council at its September 9-13, 1996 meeting in New 
Orleans.

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 August 28, 1996.

    Dated: August 7, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20621 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]

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