[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 229 (Friday, November 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63316-63317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31247]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 111997B]


Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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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 Stone Crab Advisory Panel and 
Scientific and Statistical Committee via conference call on Monday, 
December 15, 1997, beginning at 8:30 a.m. eastern standard time.

ADDRESSES: A listening phone will be located at each of the following 
locations:
    NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, 
St. Petersburg, FL; telephone: 813-570-5301;
    NMFS Miami Laboratory, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Room 200, Miami, 
FL; telephone: 305-361-4259.
     Council addressy: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 
U.S. Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director, 
at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301 
North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619; telephone: 813-228-2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is being held to review Draft 
Amendment 6 to the Stone Crab Fishery Management Plan. The amendment 
proposes to extend a moratorium on registration on commercial stone 
crab vessels by the Regional Administrator of NMFS for a period not to 
exceed 4 years. The purpose of the moratorium is to provide time for 
the state of Florida to implement a limited access system for the 
fishery and for the Council to develop and implement an amendment 
extending the limited access system to the exclusive economic zone.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Panel/Committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation Act, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal Panel/Committee action during this meeting. Panel/Committee 
action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in 
the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Anne Alford at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by 
December 8, 1997.

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-31247 Filed 11-26-97; 8:45 am]
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