[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16560-16561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8739]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 033197H]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene public meetings of the Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) and 
Standing and Special Mackerel Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as follows: Standing and Special 
Mackerel SSC will meet on April 30, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; 
Mackerel AP will meet on May 1, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the New Orleans Airport 
Radisson Hotel, 2150 Veterans Boulevard, Kenner, LA 70062; telephone: 
504-467-3111.
    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 Leard, Senior Fishery 
Biologist; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Standing and Special Mackerel SSC will 
review the 1997 stock assessment updates for both king and Spanish 
Mackerel and the report of the Socioeconomic Panel (SEP) that includes 
economic and social information related to setting an allowable 
biological catch range and bag limits for mackerels in the Gulf of 
Mexico and South Atlantic. Based on this review, the SSC may recommend 
to the Council levels for total allowable catch, bag limits, size 
limits, commercial quotas, and other measures for these species for the 
1997-98 season.
    The Mackerel AP will also review the 1997 stock assessment updates 
for both king and Spanish Mackerel and the report of the SEP. The AP 
will also provide recommendations to the Council based on their 
perspectives as users of these resources.

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 
April 23, 1997.

    Dated: April 1, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8739 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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