[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 4983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2589]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 012797I]


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 Stone Crab Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: This meeting will be held on February 20, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Monroe County Regional 
Service Center, 2798 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL; telephone: (305) 
743-6727.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting will be to review 
effort and landing trends in the fishery and indicate to the Council 
whether the industry supports development of a limited access system 
and structure of such a system.
    The AP will hold a fact-finding hearing prior to their meeting to 
obtain suggestions on the structure of the limited access system from 
fishermen in other areas. The hearing will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 
p.m. on February 19, 1997 at the Radisson Inn Fort Myers, 12635 
Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, FL; telephone: (941) 936-2058.
    The AP is comprised of fishermen and other user groups who advise 
the Council on fishery issues.

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 
February 13, 1997.

    Dated: January 28, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-2589 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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