[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1092]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010797A]


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 its Habitat Protection Committee 
(Committee).

DATES: This meeting will be held beginning at 10:00 a.m. on January 28, 
1997, and ending at 3:00 p.m. on January 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: This 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, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Richard L. Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist; telephone: (813) 228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting will be to review 
NMFS' guidelines regarding essential fish habitat (EFH). These 
guidelines are mandated by the recent passage of amendments to the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
    The Committee intends to hold a round-table discussion and review 
what the Council's role should be with regard to the development and 
implementation of EFH guidelines. The Committee, on behalf of the 
Council, will develop comments and recommendations for consideration by 
NMFS.

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 
January 21, 1997.

    Dated: January 9, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1092 Filed 1-15-97; 8:45 am]
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