[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3625-3626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1165]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 010995A]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings and 
Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings and hearings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its 
Committees will hold public meetings on February 6-10, 1995, at the 
Ponce de Leon on 4000 U.S. Highway 1 North, St. Augustine, FL; 
telephone: 1-800-228-2821.
    The Habitat Committee will meet on February 6, from 1:30 p.m. until 
5:00 p.m., to consider approving an amendment to the Coral Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) which would allow for aquaculture of live rock in 
South Atlantic Federal waters. The amendment establishes a permit 
system which will enable NMFS to issue Federal live rock aquaculture 
permits to applicants with approved U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
general aquaculture permits. These combined permits will provide for 
placement and removal of aquacultured live rock. The amendment also 
contains a proposed prohibition on octocoral harvest north of Cape 
Canaveral, FL, and a prohibition on all anchoring of fishing vessels in 
the Oculina Bank.
    On February 7, from 8:30 a.m until 12:00 noon, the Wreckfish 
Advisory Panel will meet jointly with the Snapper-Grouper Committee to 
review wreckfish stock assessments and staff reports before 
recommending a new total allowable catch. The Snapper-Grouper Committee 
will convene from 1:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., to review public scoping 
meeting minutes before preparing options to take to public hearings on 
Amendment 8 to the Snapper-Grouper FMP. Draft Amendment 8 may include 
new regulations for various snapper-grouper species and gear types, 
limited access into the snapper-grouper fishery, modifications to 
commercial permits and changes to multi-day bag limits.
    At 6:30 p.m., a final public hearing will be held on Amendment 1 to 
the Shrimp FMP (Rock Shrimp) which would prohibit rock shrimp trawling 
south of a demarcation line of 28 degrees 30 minutes latitude off 
central eastern Florida. Directly following the hearing, public scoping 
meetings will be held to solicit comments on finfish bycatch in the 
shrimp fishery and on developing an FMP for the golden crab fishery.
    The Controlled Access Committee will meet on February 8, from 8:30 
a.m. until 12:00 noon, to review public scoping meeting minutes, and 
then determine if a controlled access program is necessary for the 
Atlantic Spanish mackerel fishery. From 1:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., the 
Shrimp Committee will review Amendment 1 to the Shrimp FMP (Rock 
Shrimp) for submission to the Secretary of Commerce for final approval.
    The full Council will hold a meeting on February 9-10, 1995, to 
discuss and act on Committee recommendations. The meeting on February 9 
will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. It will reconvene on 
February 10 from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. A detailed agenda of the 
meeting will be available on January 16.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council; One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699; 
telephone: (803) 571-4366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office at the 
above address by January 30, 1995.

    [[Page 3626]] Dated: January 11, 1995.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-1165 Filed 1-17-95; 8:45 am]
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