[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28181-28182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13845]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 052496A]
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 public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee,
Mackerel Advisory Panel, a joint meeting of its Mackerel Advisory Panel
and Committee, and a Council session.
DATES: The meetings will be held from June 10 to June 14, 1996. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pier House, One Duval
Street, Key West, FL; telephone: (305) 296-4600, (800) 327-8340.
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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; E-mail:
Susan_Buchanan@safmc.nmfs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
June 10, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet to discuss
Snapper Grouper Amendments 8 & 9 options; review the Gag Grouper
Assessment; hear a report on the economic assessment of commercial reef
fishermen; review the 1996 Wreckfish Assessment; hear a summary report
on a wreckfish paper entitled, ``The Demand for ITQs: The Puzzle of the
Atlantic Wreckfish Industry''; and discuss the NMFS proposal to
discontinue the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
June 11, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet to receive a
mackerel stock assessment presentation.
June 11, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Mackerel Advisory Panel will meet to develop recommendations
for total allowable catch (TAC) and bag limits for the 1997 fishing
year, and develop advisory panel recommendations on other items.
June 12, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
The Mackerel Advisory Panel will meet jointly with the Mackerel
Committee to review the status of king mackerel trip limits, develop
committee recommendations for TACs and bag limits, and discuss issues
pertaining to Spanish mackerel.
June 12, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The full Council will convene to receive the Mackerel Committee
report. At 1:45 p.m. the Council will hear public comment on TACs and
bag limits.
The Council will then set the annual TACs and bag limits for king
and Spanish mackerel, and discuss other framework actions.
June 12, 1996, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Council will receive the Snapper Grouper Committee Report and
approve Amendment 8 to the Snapper Grouper FMP for public hearing.
June 13, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
The full Council will convene to receive the Controlled Access
Committee report and approve Amendment 9 to the Snapper Grouper FMP for
public hearing.
June 13, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
The full Council will convene to receive the Executive and Finance
Committee reports, and approve the supplemental fiscal year 1996 and
1997 activities schedules and budgets.
June 13, 1996, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The full Council will review the recreational sale issue, and
develop a Council position on the sale of bag limit (recreational)
caught fish.
June 13, 1996, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The full Council will receive the NMFS logbook review presentation.
June 14, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
The full Council will convene to receive a lobster trap composition
presentation; review the status of the Golden Crab FMP, Amendment 1 to
the Shrimp FMP (Rock Shrimp), consolidated regulations, and withdrawal
of the Spiny Lobster FMP; receive agency and liaison reports, and
discuss other business and upcoming meetings.
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 5, 1996.
Dated: May 28, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-13845 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]
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