[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58384-58385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 110596G]


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 Ad Hoc Red Snapper Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: This meeting will be held on December 12, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites 
Hotel, 4400 West Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-873-
8675.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting will be to review 
the the options paper for development of an amendment to the Fishery 
Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico regarding 
a red snapper license limitation system, and will make recommendations 
for preferred alternatives to the Council.
    The AP is comprised of individuals who would be affected by a 
limited entry system in the commercial red snapper industry.

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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 
December 5, 1996.

    Dated: November 7, 1996.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-29173 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]
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