[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30197-30198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14740]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052798A]
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 Scientific and Statistical Committee; Joint
Mackerel Committee and Advisory Panel; Marine Reserves Workshop;
Personnel Committee (Closed Session); Marine Reserves Workshop; Marine
Reserves Committee Meeting; Advisory Panel Selection Committee (Closed
Session); Public hearings; Golden Crab Committee and Advisory Panel;
Dolphin/Wahoo Committee; Bluefish Committee; and a Council Session.
DATES: The meetings will be held from June 15-19, 1998. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Radisson Ponce de Leon
Conference Resort, 4000 US Hwy 1 North, St. Augustine, FL; telephone:
(904) 824-2821.
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
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
June 15, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC):
The SSC will review the Scamp Assessment, the Trends Report, the
Retrospective Assessment and the Bluefish Assessment and determine if
they are the best scientific information on the status of the various
species addressed in the reports, hear a mackerel stock assessment
presentation, discuss the assessment and make recommendations to the
Council, review and comment on the Sustainable Fisheries Act
Comprehensive Amendment, the Habitat Plan and the Habitat Comprehensive
Amendment;
June 16, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint Mackerel Committee
and Advisory Panel:
The committee and advisory panel will develop recommendations for
total allowable catch (TAC) and bag limits and other framework items as
necessary for the 1998-99 king and Spanish mackerel fishing year,
review Gulf Council actions on Mackerel Amendment 9 and develop
recommendations for this amendment, and discuss the composition and
function of the stock assessment panel;
June 16, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Marine Reserves Workshop:
The Council will be holding a workshop on marine fishery reserves
to develop the concept for the possible use of reserves in the South
Atlantic. The workshop is open to the public. Invited participants will
be giving presentations, and there will be an opportunity for anyone
attending the meeting to ask questions. There will also be an
opportunity for public participation during the group discussion.
This workshop is organized in four sessions and continues through
June 17, 1998.
From 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.--Session I: Scientific justification and
purposes for marine fishery reserves.
June 16, 1998, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Personnel Committee (Closed
Session):
The committee will discuss Council staff personnel issues and
develop recommendations on necessary changes to the Council.
*June 16, 1998, 6:00 p.m.--Public Hearings (Habitat Plan, Habitat
Comprehensive Amendment, and Sustainable Fisheries Act Comprehensive
Amendment)
*This hearing is noted in a separate Federal Register Notice, along
with the rest of the public hearing schedule
June 17, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Marine Reserves Workshop
(continued):
Session II: Marine reserve criteria and direct experiences with
reserve.
June 17, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. --Marine Reserves Workshop
(continued):
Session III: Effects of reserves and perspectives by various
sectors;
Session IV: Group Discussion on draft marine reserves criteria and
description of timeframe for Council action;
June 17, 1998, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.--Advisory Panel Selection
Committee (Closed Session):
The committee will review applications to Council advisory panels
and develop recommendations foe appointments;
June 18, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Golden Crab Committee and
Advisory Panel:
The committee and advisory panel will hear a presentation of the
assessment reports, hear the status of the 1997-98 Golden Crab
Framework action and the technical change on degradable fasteners, and
develop committee and advisory panel recommendations on 1998-99
framework measures;
June 18, 1998, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.-
Dolphin/Wahoo Committee:
The committee will hear an overview of the dolphin workshop, review
the dolphin/wahoo management options paper, hear the status of the
Council's request to the Secretary to be designated lead Council for
the management of dolphin and wahoo on the Atlantic coast, the Gulf of
Mexico and the Caribbean, discuss interaction with other Councils
concerning dolphin and wahoo management, and discuss and define the
scope of management measures for dolphin and wahoo;
June 18, 1998, 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Bluefish Committee:
The committee will discuss the Bluefish Stock Assessment and
develop committee recommendation on Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Plan.
June 18, 1998, 4:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.--Council Session.
From 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., the Council will hear the Mackerel
Committee Report.
At 4:15, the Council will take public comment on TACs, bag limits
and other framework actions, and on Amendment 9 to the Mackerel Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) before setting the TACs and bag limits and taking
action on other framework items as necessary, and approving Amendment 9
for submission to the Secretary.
From 5:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., the Council will hear the Golden Crab
Committee Report.
At 5:15 p.m., the Council will take public comment on the 1998-99
Framework before approving measures in the framework for submission to
the Secretary.
From 5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m., the Council will hear the Personnel
Committee Report in closed session and take action as necessary on
staff personnel issues.
June 19, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.--Council Session;
From 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. the Council will hear the Advisory Panel
Selection Committee report in closed session and select advisory panel
members.
From 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., the Council will hear the Dolphin
Committee Report and the Bluefish Committee Report before finalizing
Council comments on Amendment 1 to the Bluefish FMP, hear a report of
the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program and develop Council
recommendations on the program, consider Florida's request for
management authority of calico scallops, hear reports on the NMFS
document review process, the status of fishery quotas, the status of
nighttime shrimp closures, the status of the Snapper Grouper Amendment
8 final rule, the Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 interim rule request, and
Snapper Grouper Amendment 9, hear reports on the Coast Guard Law
Enforcement Workshop, the Billfish and Highly Migratory Species
Advisory Panel meetings, and hear a presentation on cannonball
jellyfish. The Council will also receive agency and liaison reports and
discuss other business.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
these groups for discussion, according to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be of formal
action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically 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 June 8, 1998.
Dated: May 28, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-14740 Filed 5-29-98; 4:43 pm]
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