[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 221 (Thursday, November 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29174]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 110596C]


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 Florida/Alabama Habitat Protection 
Committee.

DATES: This meeting will be held on December 4, 1996, beginning at 9:00 
a.m. and will conclude at 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Radisson Bay Harbor Inn, 
7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL; telephone: 813-281-8900.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 5401 
West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 331, Tampa, FL 33609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Hoogland, Biologist; 
telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A panel of concerned representatives of 
Florida and Alabama recreational and commercial fishing groups, 
conservation organizations, academia and state and Federal resource 
agencies will gather to review marine fishery habitat issues.
    The Florida/Alabama group is part of a 3-unit Habitat Protection 
Advisory Panel (AP) to the Council. The principal role of the APs is to 
assist the Council in attempting to maintain optimum conditions within 
the habitat and ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf 
of Mexico. APs serve as a first alert system to call to the Council's 
attention proposed projects being developed and other activities which 
may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and their supporting 
ecosystems. The APs may also provide advice to the Council on its 
policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
    At this meeting, the AP will discuss the Florida/Georgia/Alabama 
water management plan and its potential impact on Gulf fisheries, 
introduction of non-indigenous species in shipping ballast water, and 
mitigation banking for wetland destruction.
    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 
November 27, 1996.

    Dated: November 7, 1996.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-29174 Filed 11-13-96; 8:45 am]
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