20434 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 74 / Monday, April 17, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040600C]

New England Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its

Groundfish Oversight Committee and

Groundfish Industry Advisory Panel in

May, 2000. Recommendations from the

committee and the advisors will be

brought to the full Council for formal

consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held May 1

and 2, 2000, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, One

Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880;

telephone: (781) 245–9300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council

(978) 465–0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Committee and Advisors will conduct a

joint meeting to continue development

of management options for Amendment

13 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan. If not completed at

meetings held in April, the Committee

and Advisors will continue their review

of current overfishing definitions and

control rules for the multispecies

complex, examine the assumptions and

policy decisions in those rules, and

develop recommendations for the

biological goals of the Amendment. The

Committee and Advisors will also

organize into subcommittees that will be

tasked to develop specific management

options for consideration by the full

Committee. These tasks will be based on

broad approaches to management

selected by the Committee. The

subcommittees may meet individually

during the meeting to begin work on

these management options. The

discussions at the subcommittee level

will be reported back to the Committee

at this meeting or at future meetings.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this Council for discussion, those

issues may not be the subject of formal

Council action during this meeting.

Council action will be restricted to those

issues specifically listed in this notice

and any issues arising after publication

of this notice that require emergency

action under section 305(c) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

provided the public has been notified of

the Council’s intent to take final action

to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: April 7, 2000.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 040700F]

South Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Scoping Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold nine public scoping meetings

regarding the concept of using marine

reserves as a fishery management tool.

DATES: The meetings will be held in

April, May, and June. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times of the public hearings.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Public

Information Document (PID) for Marine

Reserves are available by contacting

Kerry O’Malley, South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, One Southpark

Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407–

4699; telephone: 843–571–4366; email:

kerry.omalley@noaa.gov. The PID will

also be available at the meeting. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Iverson, Public Information Officer;

telephone: 843–571–4366; fax: 843–

769–4520; email: kim.iverson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of Meetings

The Council will hold scoping

meetings to gather public comments

regarding the concept of using marine

reserves (nearshore or offshore, natural

or man-made) as a fishery management

tool, emphasizing the conservation of

essential fish habitat and the species

associated with the snapper-grouper

complex. The Council has not yet

decided whether to proceed with the

development of marine reserves.

Time and Location for Public Meetings

Public scoping meetings will be held

at the following dates, times, and

locations.

1. April 26, 2000, 6:30 p.m., Marine

Resources Center, SC Dept. of Natural

Resources, 217 Ft. Johnson Road,

Charleston, SC 29422; telephone: 843–

762–5010.

2. May 9, 2000, 6 p.m., Sea Turtle Inn,

One Ocean Boulevard, Atlantic Beach,

FL 32233; telephone: 904–249–7402.

3. May 10, 2000, 6 p.m., Holiday Inn,

1300 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach,

FL 32931; telephone: 407–783–2271.

4. May 11, 2000, 6 p.m., Ireland’s Inn,

2220 N. Atlantic Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale,

FL 33305; telephone: 954–565–6661.

5. May 16, 2000, 6 p.m., Classroom

205, McGee Building, Carteret

Community College, 3505 Arendell

Street, Morehead City, NC 28557;

telephone: 252–247–3097.

6. May 17, 2000, 6 p.m., NCDMR

Field Office, 127 Cardinal Drive

Extension, Wilmington, NC 28405–

3845; telephone: 910–395–3990.

7. May 25, 2000, 6 p.m., Murrell’s

Inlet Community Center, 4450 Murrell’s

Inlet Road, Murrell’s Inlet, SC 29576;

telephone: 843–651–7373.

8. May 31, 2000, 6 p.m., University of

Georgia Marine Extension Service, 715

Bay Street, Brunswick, GA 31520;

telephone: 912–264–7268.

9. June 1, 2000, 6 p.m., Hyatt Regency,

2 West Bay Street, Savannah, GA 31401;

telephone: 912–238–1234.

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 April 20, 2000.

Dated: April 11, 2000.

Bruce Morehaed,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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