[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8292]
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[Federal Register: April 7, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 033194D]
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meeting and Hearing
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and
its Committees will hold public meetings on April 18-22, 1994, at the
Glynn Mall Suites Hotel, 500 Mall Boulevard, Brunswick, GA; telephone:
(1-800) 432-3229 or (912) 264-6100.
The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet on April 18,
from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m., and on April 19, from 8:30 a.m. until 12
noon, to review the following:
(1) Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Plan;
(2) King and Spanish mackerel stock assessment, wreckfish stock
assessment and economic report;
(3) Amendment 2 to the Coral and Coral Reefs Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) concerning ``live rock'';
(4) Scoping documents for rock shrimp, Spanish mackerel and spiny
lobster; and
(5) Definition of overfishing for billfish developed by NMFS.
The Coastal Migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) Committee will meet
jointly with the Mackerel Advisory Panel on April 19, from 1:30 p.m.
until 5 p.m. to address the following:
(1) Review quota monitoring for the 1992-93 fishing year for king
and Spanish mackerel;
(2) Recommend total allowable catch (TAC) and bag limits;
(3) Review Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel's recommendation on TAC
and bag limits;
(4) Discuss trip limits for Atlantic and Gulf king mackerel and
Atlantic Spanish mackerel;
(5) Discuss Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic king mackerel stock
boundary;
(6) Review Spanish mackerel controlled access scoping document;
(7) Recommend additional management items for Amendment 8 to the
Mackerel FMP; and
(8) Discuss management needs for African Pompano.
The Mackerel Committee will reconvene on April 20, from 8:30 a.m.
until 10:30 a.m., to address the above items. From 10:30 a.m. until
3:30 p.m., the Habitat Committee will review the Gulf of Mexico
Council's position relative to the South Atlantic Council's recommended
management regime for South Atlantic ``live rock.'' The committee will
develop final recommendations on Amendment 2 to the Coral and Coral
Reefs FMP. The Highly Migratory Species Committee will meet from 3:30
p.m. until 5 p.m. to review blue marlin, white marlin and sailfish
stock assessments and to review the status of billfish research.
Public scoping meetings will be held on April 20, beginning at 6:30
p.m., to solicit input on the rock shrimp, Spanish mackerel and spiny
lobster fisheries. The Council is considering managing the rock shrimp
fishery off Cape Canaveral, FL, and is including management
alternatives such as the possible use of area restrictions, seasons,
mesh sizes, count limits, and limited entry. The Council is discussing
various options for controlling access in the Spanish mackerel fishery
in South Atlantic Federal waters, such as individual transferable
quotas, non-transferable individual quotas, license limitation, effort-
limit controls, territorial use rights, and community of group-based
quotas. The Council is soliciting recommendations from spiny lobster
fishermen on any necessary changes or additions to current regulations.
Immediately following the scoping meetings, a public hearing will be
held on Amendment 2 to the Coral and Coral Reefs FMP (``live rock'').
On April 21, the Highly Migratory Species Committee will review
NMFS' Highly Migratory Species Program and the ICCAT Billfish Program,
and will develop recommendations to NMFS on billfish management.
The full Council will meet from 10:30 a.m. until 6 p.m., and will
continue on April 22, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m., to discuss the
above planned actions and other items. Public comments will be taken on
April 21, at 10:45 a.m. on new TAC and bag limits for the 1994-95 king
and Spanish mackerel season. The Council will set the TACs and bag
limits after hearing public testimony. From 3:45 p.m. until 6 p.m., the
Council will review proposed regulations for the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary.
The Council will hold a public hearing on April 21 at 7 p.m., to
allow comments on new information that was presented at the February
Council meeting on requiring a permit to sell snapper and grouper
species. The new information addresses seafood sanitation concerns as
they apply to the sale of recreationally-caught fish. The Council may
readdress prohibiting recreational sale of bag-limit caught snapper and
grouper contained in Amendment 7 during full Council session on April
22, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The Personnel Committee will hold a
closed meeting from 12 noon to 12:15 p.m.
A detailed agenda of the meeting is available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Knight, Public Information
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One Southpark
Circle, suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699; telephone: (803) 571-
4366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Carrie Knight (see ``FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT'') by April 11.
Dated: April 1, 1994.
Alfred J. Bilik,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-8292 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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