[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31409-31410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14921]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060297A]
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 Golden Crab Committee and Advisory Panel, Spiny
Lobster Committee and Advisory Panel, Habitat and Environmental
Protection Committee, Calico Scallop Committee, Snapper Grouper
Committee, Controlled Access Committee, Mackerel Committee, and a
Council session.
DATES: The meetings will be held from June 16-20, 1997. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pier House Resort, One
Duval Street, Key West, FL; telephone: (305) 296-4600.
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@noaa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
June 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.--Joint Golden Crab Committee
and Advisory Panel
The committee and advisory panel will hear reports regarding the
status of Golden Crab Fishery Management Plan (FMP) implementation and
the numbers
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of permits that have been issued and disapproved, the status of the
golden crab resource, and a report on golden crab data collection. The
committee and advisory panel will discuss potential need for framework
action or plan amendment for the golden crab fishery.
June 16, 1997, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint Spiny Lobster
Committee and Advisory Panel
The committee and advisory panel will hear reports on the status of
the Florida trap certificate program and the status of the spiny
lobster resource, and discuss potential need for framework action or
plan amendment.
June 16, 1997, 6:00 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.
June 17, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon --Habitat and Environmental
Protection Advisory Panel
The committee will review the timeframe for development of the
Council Habitat Plan, discuss the national habitat workshop, review the
Habitat Advisory Panel's recommendations, and review the draft Habitat
Plan outline.
June 17, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Calico Scallop Committee
The committee will meet to review previous scoping meeting
information, review requests for management action from industry,
discuss a preliminary options paper, and develop measures to be
included in the Calico Scallop FMP.
June 18, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
The committee will meet to hear a report on the Red Snapper
Assessment and clarify management measures in Amendment 9 to the
Snapper Grouper FMP if deemed necessary.
June 18, 1997, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Controlled Access
Committee
The committee will meet to clarify the Council's intent for NMFS on
issues that arise in the interim period before implementation of
Amendment 8 to the Snapper Grouper FMP.
June 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Mackerel Committee
The committee will meet to hear the status of Mackerel Amendment 8
and framework action, review the Mackerel Amendment 9 options paper,
and develop South Atlantic Council management measures for Amendment 9
and recommendations for Gulf Council measures.
June 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Council Session
The full Council will convene to review public scoping comments on
the issue of sale of bag limit (recreational) caught fish, review the
options paper on this issue, and take action on how to proceed with
this issue; hear the Snapper Grouper Committee Report and clarify
management measures in Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 if neccessary; hear
the Controlled Access Committee report and clarify the Council's intent
for NMFS on issues that arise in the interim period before
implementation of Snapper Grouper Amendment 8; hear the Mackerel
Committee report and decide on management measures to include in
Mackerel Amendment 9; hear the Golden Crab Committee report and decide
if there is need for framework action or plan amendment; hear the Spiny
Lobster Committee report and decide if there is need for framework
action or plan amendment; and hear the Calico Scallop Committee report
before deciding which management measures to include in the FMP.
June 20, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.--Council Session
The full Council will convene to hear the Habitat Committee report,
receive an update on Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation, hear a status
report on the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, hear
agency and liaison reports, and discuss other business.
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 9, 1997.
Dated: June 2, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14921 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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