[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7762-7763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3792]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021098E]
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 a meeting of its Joint Habitat Committee and Habitat and Coral
Advisory Panels; Habitat Committee; Atlantic Coastal Cooperative
Statistics Program Scoping Meeting; Joint Snapper Grouper Committee and
Wreckfish Advisory Panel; Snapper Grouper Committee; and Marine
Reserves Committee. A Council Session will also be held.
DATES: The meetings will be held from March 2-6, 1998. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Jekyll Island Club, 371
Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island, GA; telephone: (912) 635-2600.
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: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; email:
susan.buchanan@noaa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
March 2, 1998, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Mackerel Committee; The
Committee will review public hearing and NMFS comments on Amendment 9
to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Coastal Migratory Pelagic
Resources (Amendment 9), develop recommended action on measures in
Amendment 9, hear the status of Amendment 8 to the FMP for Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources (Amendment 8) and Mackerel Framework
actions, and hear a status report on Atlantic king and Spanish mackerel
quotas;
March 2, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Joint Habitat Committee and
Habitat and Coral Advisory Panels;
The Committee and Advisory Panels will review and provide comments
on the draft Habitat FMP, hear a summary of the American Fisheries
Society report on the impact of fishing gear on habitat, and review and
provide comments on the draft Comprehensive Habitat Amendment;
March 3, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon; 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.--
Habitat Committee;
The Committee will develop Committee recommendations on the draft
Habitat FMP and Comprehensive Habitat Amendment;
March 3, 1998, 5:00 p.m. until all business is complete-- Atlantic
Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program Scoping Meeting; The purpose of
this scoping meeting is to provide the public an opportunity to express
their views on ways to improve commercial and recreational fisheries
data collection;
March 4, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.--Joint Snapper Grouper
Committee and Wreckfish Advisory Panel;
The Committee and Advisory Panel will review updated catch data and
the Assessment Group report, develop Advisory Panel and Committee
recommendations for setting Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and other
framework measures;
March 4, 1998, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Snapper Grouper Committee;
The Council will develop recommendations regarding approval or
disapproval of the Special Management Zone (SMZ) requests; March 4,
1998, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee;
The Committee will hear the scamp stock assessment report, hear the
updated trends and spawning potential ratio analysis, review and take
action on the Assessment Group report, and review the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary request; A closed session will also be held
to develop recommendations for membership on
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the Snapper Grouper Assessment Group;
March 5, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Marine Reserves Committee;
The Committee will review Assessment Group and Law Enforcement
Advisory Panel and Committee recommendations on criteria for
establishing marine reserves, begin developing Council criteria for
developing marine reserves, and discuss coordination with the NOAA
Marine Sanctuary Program;
March 5, 1998, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Council Session; March 5,
1998, 11:15 a.m. to 12 noon-- the full Council will hear the Marine
Reserves Committee Report;
March 5, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.-- Mackerel Committee Report;
The Council will take public comment on Amendment 9 at 1:30 p.m.
and approve the Amendment for submission to the Secretary of Commerce;
March 5, 1998, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
report;
The Council will take public comment on the SMZ requests and
wreckfish framework measures at 2:30 p.m., approve or disapprove the
SMZ requests and the wreckfish framework measures, take action on the
Assessment Group report, and consider the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary request; A closed session will also be held to appoint
members to the Assessment Group;
March 5, 1998, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.--Development of Magnuson-
Stevens Act Generic Amendment;
The Council will address all measures to be included in the
Magnuson-Stevens Act Generic Amendment and approve the Amendment for
public hearing;
March 5, 1998, 4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Status of the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council/Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission
Bluefish FMP Amendment;
The Council will develop comments on the Bluefish Amendment; March
6, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Habitat Committee report;
The Council will approve the Habitat FMP and Comprehensive
Amendment management options for public hearing;
March 6, 1998, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--The Council will develop
recommendations on the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program;
March 6, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.-- The Council will hear
Reports/status of the Golden Crab framework, the status of the
Council's request to manage dolphin-fish and wahoo throughout the
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, the Highly Migratory Species
and Billfish Advisory Panel meetings;
March 6, 1998, 2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.--The Council will hear Agency
and liaison reports;
March 6, 1998, 2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.--The Council will address
other business.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted
to those issues specifically 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 23, 1998.
Dated: February 10, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-3792 Filed 2-13-98; 8:45 am]
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