95-14716. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 115 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31449-31450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14716]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 060695B]


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) and 
its Committees will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on June 19-23, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Palm Beach Gardens 
Marriott, 4000 RCA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410; telephone: 
[phone].
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Coste, telephone: (803) 571-
4366; fax: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

June 19

    1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.; The Advisory Panel (AP) Selection Committee 
will hold a closed meeting to consider new appointments to the Golden 
Crab, Mackerel, Shark, Spiny Lobster, and Sea Scallop APs.
    2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.; The Finance Committee will meet to discuss 
the budget for FY 1996 (part of meeting closed).
    3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Joint meeting of the Highly Migratory 
Species Committee and the Billfish AP to discuss International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas research and 
management objectives and review the results of the public scoping 
meetings on options to amend the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for 
Atlantic Billfish. The AP will be developing recommendations for the 
Billfish Plan. Both groups will hear a report on how reauthorization of 
the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act will affect highly 
migratory species.
    7:00 p.m.; The Council will hold public scoping meetings to receive 
comments on the sale of bag limit (recreational) caught fish, bycatch 
in the shrimp fishery, developing an FMP for the calico scallop 
fishery, and wreckfish recreational catch and commercial bycatch. These 
scoping meetings will be announced separately in the Federal Register.

June 20

    8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; The Shrimp Committee will meet to finalize 
recommendations for Amendment 1 (Rock Shrimp) to the Shrimp FMP. It 
will also be choosing options for Amendment 2 (Bycatch) to the Shrimp 
FMP to be taken to public hearings.
    1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.; The Council will be participating in a U.S. 
Coast Guard law enforcement flight over southeastern Florida to learn 
how the Coast Guard patrols offshore waters.

June 21

    8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; The Mackerel Committee will meet to discuss 
recommendations on options for Amendment 8 to the Mackerel FMP and 
approve the options for public hearings. It will also discuss the 
legality of net gear being used to harvest king mackerel in the 
exclusive economic zone off Florida and the mackerel quota adjustment 
proposed by NMFS.
    1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; The Snapper Grouper Committee will meet to 
discuss recommendations on options for Amendment 8 to the Snapper 
Grouper FMP and approve the options for public hearings. It will also 
review snapper grouper assessment related reports.

June 22

    8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; The Snapper Grouper Committee meeting will 
continue.
    1:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.; The full Council will convene to hear 
Committee reports and recommendations. It will make appointments to the 
APs and finalize the budget for FY 96. It will finalize recommendations 
to NMFS on the Billfish FMP, take final action on Amendment 1 (Rock 
Shrimp) to the Shrimp FMP, and approve options for Amendment 2 
(Bycatch) to the Shrimp FMP to be taken to public hearings. It will 
also approve options for Mackerel Amendment 8 and Snapper Grouper 
Amendment 8 for public hearings.
    Beginning at 1:45 p.m., the full Council will be present for a 
final public hearing on Amendment 1 (Rock Shrimp). Public hearings will 
be announced separately in the Federal Register.

June 23

    8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; The full Council meeting will 
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    Except for scheduled public hearings and scoping meetings this 
agenda is subject to change.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Sharon Coste at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by 
June 5, 1995.

    Dated: June 9, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14716 Filed 6-14-95; 8:45 am]
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