[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4984-4985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2594]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 012797E]
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 Shrimp Committee, Joint Controlled Access and
Snapper Grouper Committees, Joint Snapper Grouper Committee and
Wreckfish Advisory Panel, Scientific and Statistical Selection
Committee (closed session), and a Council session.
DATES: The meetings will be held from February 10-14, 1997. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Ponce de Leon Conference
Resort, 4000 U.S. Highway 1 North, St. Augustine, FL; telephone: 800-
228-2821. Please note: This meeting location is different from what was
originally announced in ``The South Atlantic Update.''
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@safmc.nmfs.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
February 10, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Shrimp Committee. The
Shrimp Committee will meet to receive a report on the Scientific and
Statistical Committee and Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Advisory Panel
review of the BRD and proxy analysis by Drs. Shah and Watson. The
Committee will also approve the final BRD testing protocol;
February 10, 1997, 6:30 p.m. until all business is complete--
Atlantic Coast Cooperative Statistics Program Scoping Meeting (ACCSP).
As a partner in the ACCSP, the Council will hold a scoping meeting to
solicit public input on ways to improve commercial and recreational
fisheries data collection;
February 11, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint Controlled Access
and Snapper Grouper Committees. The committees will meet to review
public hearing comments and letters on Snapper Grouper Amendment 8 and
the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), the NMFS
informal review, and the Law Enforcement Advisory Panel's
recommendations for the Amendment;
February 11, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Joint Controlled Access
and Snapper Grouper Committees. The Committees will meet to develop
recommendations for finalizing Snapper Grouper Amendment 8;
February 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint Snapper Grouper
Committee and the Wreckfish Advisory Panel. The committee will meet
jointly with the Wreckfish Advisory Panel to review the Wreckfish
Assessment, discuss the status of the wreckfish fishery, and develop
recommendations for the 1997-98 wreckfish total allowable catch (TAC)
and other framework actions;
February 12, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.--Scientific and
Statistical Selection Committee (closed session). The committee will
meet in closed session to develop recommendations for appointment of
Scientific and Statistical Committee members;
February 12, 1997, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Council Session. At 3:15
p.m. the Council will take public comment on the wreckfish TAC and
other framework actions and Snapper Grouper Amendment 8, before making
a decision at this session on the 1997-98 wreckfish TAC and other
framework actions and approving Amendment 8 for submission to the
Secretary of Commerce;
February 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.--Council Session. From
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon the Council will continue to receive the
Controlled Access and Snapper Grouper Committee report;
From 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Council will meet in closed session
to receive the SSC Committee report and appoint SSC members;
From 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Council will receive the Shrimp
Committee report, take public comment on the BRD testing protocol
before approving the protocol;
From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Council will receive the Law
Enforcement Committee report and address recommendations made by the
Committee and Law Enforcement Advisory Panel;
From 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. the Council will receive a report on
the proposed NMFS habitat guidelines before taking action on these
guidelines;
From 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. the Council will receive a report on
the proposed NMFS weakfish regulations;
From 5:15 to 5:45 the Council will hear a report on Atlantic Coast
Cooperative Statistics Program activities;
February 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Council Session. The
Council will receive a report on Harbor Branch research being conducted
in the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern; hear the status
of Atlantic king and Spanish mackerel catches and Amendment 8 to the
Coastal Pelagics Fishery Management Plan (FMP); hear a report on the
status of the Golden Crab FMP, implementation of the Plan, and permit
review; discuss implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act amendment; hear a report on the NOAA
General Counsel penalty schedule meeting; hear a report on planning a
workshop for marine reserves; receive agency and liaison reports and
discuss other business and upcoming meetings.
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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 5, 1997.
Dated: January 28, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-2594 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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