[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16561-16562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8741]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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


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 Reef Fish Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 2, 1997, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the at the Radisson Bay Harbor 
Inn, 7700 Courtney Campbell Causeway, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 813-
281-8000.
    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef Fish AP will review draft Reef Fish 
Amendment 15 which contains: proposals for a red snapper commercial 
license limitation system; limits on harvest of reef fish from 
crustacean traps; a vermilion snapper minimum size limit increase; 
removal of sea bass, grunts, and porgies from Federal management; and 
removal of several reef fish species from the aggregate bag limit rule. 
The Red Snapper AP may also provide recommendations to the Council, and 
the AP will also hear a presentation on marine reserves from 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 
April 25, 1997.

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    Dated: April 1, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8741 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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