[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23399]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 638
[I.D. 091295A]
Coral and Coral Reefs off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment
3
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of an amendment to a fishery management
plan; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management
Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs off the Southern Atlantic States (FMP)
for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Written comments are
requested from the public.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 17,
1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to the Southeast Regional Office,
NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702.
Requests for copies of Amendment 3, which includes a regulatory
impact review, a social impact assessment, and an environmental
assessment, should be sent to the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699,
telephone: 803-571-4366; FAX: 803-769-4520.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia Cranmore, 813-570-5305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson Act) requires that a council-prepared
amendment to a FMP be submitted to NMFS for review and approval,
disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson Act also requires
that NMFS, upon receiving an amendment, immediately publish a document
in the Federal Register stating that the amendment is available for
public review and comment.
Amendment 3 proposes the following measures: Establish a live rock
aquaculture permit system applicable to the exclusive economic zone off
the southern Atlantic states (including a prohibition on chipping of
aquacultured live rock); prohibit octocoral harvest north of Cape
Canaveral, FL; and prohibit anchoring of fishing vessels in the Oculina
Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
Proposed regulations to implement Amendment 3 are scheduled for
publication within 15 days.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 15, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-23399 Filed 9-18-95; 12:52 pm]
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