96-20432. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41774]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20432]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080596E]


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 Advisory Panel Selection Committee (closed 
session), public meetings of its Controlled Access and Snapper Grouper 
Committees, Snapper Grouper Committee, Mackerel Committee, and a 
Council session.
    The Council welcomes written public comment on any of the agenda 
items. See ADDRESSES for the Council address to send in comments.

DATES: The meetings will be held from August 19-22, 1996. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Town & Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: [phone].
    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: [phone]; fax: [phone]; email: 
[e-mail]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    August 19, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Advisory Panel Selection 
Committee;
    The Advisory Panel Selection Committee will meet in closed session 
to review applications and develop recommendations for advisory panel 
member appointments;
    August 20, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--joint Controlled Access 
and Snapper Grouper Committees;
    The Controlled Access and Snapper Grouper Committees will review 
the options paper for Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 and develop 
recommendations for Amendment 9 options to take to public hearing;
    August 20, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee;
    The Snapper Grouper Committee will meet to review the options paper 
for Snapper Grouper Amendment 8;
    August 21, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Snapper Grouper 
Committee;
    The Snapper Grouper Committee will develop recommendations for 
Snapper Grouper Amendment 8 options to take to public hearing;
    August 21, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Mackerel Committee;
    The Mackerel Committee will meet to review the status of the 1996 
king mackerel catch, review the status of trip limits, review the Gulf 
king Mackerel Assessment, reconsider the South Atlantic king mackerel 
total allowable catch the Council set at its June 1996 meeting, and 
discuss the incidental allocation of mackerel in the shark fishery;
    August 22, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.--Council session;
    The Council will conduct Chairman and Vice Chairman elections, 
receive the Controlled Access Committee report and take public comment 
before approving Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 for public hearing; 
receive the Snapper Grouper Committee report and take public comment 
before approving Snapper Grouper Amendment 8 for public hearing;
    August 22, 1996, 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Council session;
    The Council will meet in closed session from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 
noon, to receive the Advisory Panel Selection Committee report and 
appoint advisory panel members; from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., the 
Council will receive the Mackerel Committee report, and take public 
comment before taking action to reconsider South Atlantic king mackerel 
TAC; from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., the Council will receive a report on 
the Ad Hoc Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Advisory Panel meeting, and a 
report on the NMFS Highly Migratory Species Program; from 3:15 p.m. to 
5:00 p.m., the Council will hear a presentation from Dr. Andrew Brod 
entitled, ``The Demand for ITQs: The Puzzle of the Atlantic Wreckfish 
Industry'', hear a report on the Council Chairmen's meeting, review the 
status of Magnuson Act Amendments and Reauthorization, receive 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 August 13, 1996.

    Dated: August 5, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20432 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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