[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8742]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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


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 Red Snapper Advisory Panel (AP) and 
Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC).

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as follows: Red Snapper AP will meet 
on April 28, 1997, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Standing and Special 
Reef Fish SSC will meet on April 29, 1997, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 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: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 
Statistician; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Red Snapper 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.
    The SSC will also review draft Reef Fish Amendment 15 and provide 
recommendations on the scientific merits of the alternatives contained 
within.

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 21, 1997.

    Dated: April 1, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-8742 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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