[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25204]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 092396A]


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 the Socioeconomic Assessment Panel (SEP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 23, 1996, beginning at 8:00 
a.m., and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on October 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 
7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL; 813-281-8900.
    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 purpose of the meeting will be to review 
available social and economic data on the Gulf of Mexico red snapper, 
vermilion, and amberjack fisheries and to determine the social and 
economic implications of the levels of acceptable biological catch 
recommended by the Council's Reef Fish Stock Assessment Panel. The SEP 
may recommend to the Council total allowable catch levels for the 1996-
97 fishing year.
    A copy of the agenda can be obtained by contacting the Council (see 
ADDRESSES).

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 
October 17, 1996.

    Dated: September 26, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-25204 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]
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