[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42509-42510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20849]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072997A]
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 Calico Scallop Committee and Advisory Panel,
Golden Crab Committee, Joint Executive and Finance Committee, Snapper
Grouper Committee, Mackerel Committee, Habitat Committee, and Bluefish
Committee. A Council Session will also be held.
DATES: The meetings will be held from August 18-22, 1997. 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; telephone: (803) 571-1000; (800) 334-
6660.
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
August 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint Calico Scallop
Committee and Advisory Panel
The Committee and Advisory Panel will meet to review the management
options paper and develop the draft Calico Scallop Fishery Management
Plan (FMP).
August 19, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Golden Crab Committee
The Committee will meet to review the draft framework action and
develop recommendations for the Council.
August 19, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Joint Executive and
Finance Committee
The Committees will meet to review and approve proposed changes to
1997 activities and budget and to review and approve the proposed 1998
activities schedule and budget.
August 19, 1997, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
The Committee will meet to receive presentations on Oculina
research, gag grouper, the South Carolina tagging program, and the
economic impact research on saltwater anglers.
August 20, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
The Committee will meet to review comments from public hearings,
letters and NMFS informal review of Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 and the
associated Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, and to
develop recommendations for finalizing Amendment 9.
August 21, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Mackerel Committee
The Committee will meet to hear the status of Amendment 8 to the
Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP and framework actions, review the
dolphin options paper, and develop management measures for dolphin.
August 21, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Habitat Committee
The Committee will meet to hear a status report on the essential
fish habitat workshop process, and to review the essential fish habitat
plan and comprehensive amendment.
August 21, 1997, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.--Bluefish Committee
The Committee will meet to review the Bluefish public hearing draft
document and develop recommendations to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (MAFMC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC).
August 21, 1997, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.--Council Session
The full Council will convene to elect a Council Chairman and Vice-
Chairman and hear the Mackerel Committee report before developing
management measures for dolphin.
August 22, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Council Session
The full Council will convene at 8:30 a.m., to take public comment
on Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 before hearing the Snapper Grouper
Committee report and taking final action on Amendment 9 for submission
to the Secretary of Commerce; At 11:00 a.m., the Council will take
public comment on golden crab framework actions before making a
decision on these actions as necessary; At 2:00 p.m., the Council will
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hear the Calico Scallop Committee report before taking action on which
measures to include in the Calico Scallop FMP. From 2:30 p.m. to 5:00
p.m., the Council will hear the Habitat Committee report, and the
Bluefish Committee report before approving Council bluefish amendment
recommendations to the MAFMC and the ASMFC. At 3:00 p.m., the Council
will hear the Executive and Finance Committee report and approve the
proposed changes to 1997 activities and budget, and approve the
proposed 1998 activities schedule and budget, hear a report on the
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, 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 11, 1997.
Dated: July 31, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20849 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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