[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41880-41881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19959]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 073195C]
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 public meetings of its Golden Crab, Controlled Access and Snapper
Grouper Committees and its Golden Crab Advisory Panel (GCAP); and a
Council session. Also, a joint meeting of the South Atlantic and Gulf
of Mexico Councils' mackerel committees will be held.
DATES: The meetings will be held from August 21 to August 25, 1995, See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (803) 571-1000.
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; One
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert K. Mahood (Council staff);
telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting dates are as follows:
August 21, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Golden Crab AP meeting;
August 21, 1995, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint meeting of the GCAP
and the Golden Crab Committee;
August 22, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.--Golden Crab Committee;
August 22, 1995, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Controlled Access
Committee;
August 22, 1995, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint South Atlantic and
Gulf Mackerel Committees;
August 23, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint South Atlantic and
Gulf Mackerel Committees;
August 23, 1995, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee;
August 24, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Snapper Grouper
Committee;
August 24, 1995, 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.-- Council session;
August 25, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.-- Council session;
The GCAP will meet to develop recommendations on the fishery
management plan (FMP) for golden crab. The GCAP then will meet jointly
with the Golden Crab Committee to review public hearing and NMFS
informal review comments. At that time, the GCAP will make its
recommendations as to management measures that should be included in
the FMP and discuss the rationale for its recommendations with the
committee members. The Golden Crab Committee will meet to develop its
final recommendations for Council action. Management options being
considered for the Golden Crab FMP can be obtained by contacting the
Council office directly (see ADDRESSES).
The Controlled Access Committee will review options being
considered for Amendment 9 to the Snapper Grouper FMP. These options
address limiting entry in the deep water fishery for snowy grouper and
tile fish and possibly other segments of the snapper grouper fishery.
The committee will recommend to the Council which options to take to
public hearing.
The joint South Atlantic and Gulf Mackerel Committees will discuss
a range of options to be included in Amendment 8 to the Coastal
migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) FMP. They will recommend to both Councils
options to take to public hearing. Amendments to this FMP must be
approved by both Councils.
The Snapper Grouper Committee will receive a report on a reef fish
economic survey and the 1994-95 wreckfish fishery. It will review
management options for Amendment 8 to the FMP and recommend to the
Council which options to take to public hearing.
The full Council will convene and receive reports from the Golden
Crab, Shrimp Controlled Access, Snapper Grouper and Mackerel
Committees. The Council will take final action on the Golden Crab FMP
for formal submission to the Secretary of Commerce. The Council will
also select the options to take to public hearing for Shrimp FMP
Amendment 2, Snapper Grouper FMP Amendments 8 and 9, and Coastal
Migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) FMP Amendment 9. The Council will hear a
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report from its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel and
additional reports on the status of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation
and Management Act amendments and reauthorization, the Council
Chairmen's meeting and state and agency liaison activities.
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 14, 1995.
Dated: August 7, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-19959 Filed 8-11-95; 8:45 am]
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