[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7631-7632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3682]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020899E]
South Atlantic 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 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (AP), its Law
Enforcement, Marine Reserves, Dolphin/Wahoo, Snapper- Grouper and AP
Selection Committees; and a Council Session.
DATES: The meetings will be held from March 1-5, 1999. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings will be held at the Sea Palms
Resort, 5445 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA; telephone: (912)
638-3351.
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information
Officer; telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email:
susan.buchanan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
March 1, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Joint Law Enforcement
Committee and Law Enforcement AP:
The Law Enforcement Committee and Law Enforcement AP will hear a
report on the South Carolina/NMFS cooperative law enforcement grant,
develop recommendations on the use of tailing permits in the spiny
lobster fishery, develop criteria for establishing marine reserves from
a law enforcement perspective, discuss development of law enforcement
threat analysis for marine reserves, review a request from Georgia to
establish new special management zones, receive an update on the use of
the forward looking infrared radar (FLIR) system by law enforcement,
and hear a status report of vessel monitoring systems in the Southeast.
March 2, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Marine Reserves Committee:
The Marine Reserves Committee will review a proposal for the use of
artificial reefs in the South Atlantic, as well as review a document
outlining the Council's intent concerning the use of marine reserves as
a management tool in the South Atlantic.
March 2, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; March 3, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to
12:00 noon--Dolphin/Wahoo Committee:
The Dolphin/Wahoo Committee will hear the status of the Council's
request to be lead in management of the Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery
Management Plan (FMP), hear the status of the Council's request for
publication of a control date for the dolphin fishery, and hear a
report on dolphin and wahoo data analysis. The Committee also will
discuss the structure of the Dolphin Wahoo FMP, as well as review and
revise FMP management options.
March 3, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper-Grouper Committee:
The Snapper-Grouper Committee will review the wreckfish assessment
report and develop recommendations for establishing the annual
wreckfish quota, as well as other framework measures, review the red
porgy stock assessment report, and the Snapper-Grouper Assessment Group
report.
March 4, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--AP Selection Committee
(closed session):
The AP Selection Committee will review AP membership applications
and develop appointment recommendations.
March 4, 1999, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Council Session:
The Council will hear reports from the AP Selection Committee
(closed session), as well as the Executive and Snapper-Grouper
Committees.
At 11:15 a.m., the Council will be briefed on conflict-of-interest
and recusal regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
At 1:30 p.m. (closed session), the Council will appoint AP members.
At 2:00 p.m., the Council will discuss the outcome of the appeals
process regarding Snapper-Grouper Amendment 8, as well as review the
proposed format for stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE)
reports.
At 4:30 p.m., the Council will take public comment on the Gulf
Council's Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) Amendment before considering
amendment approval.
At 5:00 p.m., the Council will take public comment on the proposed
1999-2000 wreckfish quota and any proposed framework measures, as well
as on resubmission of the rejected measure establishing an amberjack
trip limit in Snapper-Grouper Amendment 9. The Council also willtake
action to establish the annual wreckfish quota, approve other wreckfish
framework measures, and address the Snapper-Grouper Amendment 9
rejected measure concerning the greater amberjack trip limit.
March 5, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Council Session;
The Council will hear reports from the Marine Reserves, Dolphin/
Wahoo and Law Enforcement Committees.
At 10:00 a.m., the Council also will hear status reports on from
the NMFS on the Snapper-Grouper Amendment 9 emergency rule, the 1999
mackerel framework, as well as Mackerel Amendment 9 quotas for Atlantic
king mackerel, Gulf king mackerel in the Eastern Zone, Atlantic Spanish
mackerel, snowy grouper and golden tilefish, South Atlantic octocorals
and greater amberjack.
At 10:30 a.m. the Council will hear reports on the Council/NMFS
policy meeting, the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program,
the Council operations plan, and the status of the Savannah Harbor
Project before hearing agency and liaison reports.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
the Council, its APs, and Committees for discussion, in accordance with
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal
Council, Committee and AP action during this meeting. Actions will be
restricted to those issues specifically
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identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES)
by February 22, 1999.
Dated: February 9, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-3682 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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