[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 15748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7396]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031695C]


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) and 
its Committees will hold public meetings on April 10-14, 1995, at the 
Holiday Inn Savannah-Midtown, 7100 Abercorn Expressway, Savannah, GA 
31406; telephone: 1-800-255-8268 or 1-912-352-7100.
    The Golden Crab Committee will meet on April 10, from 1:30 p.m. 
until 5:00 p.m., to discuss options for a Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 
and to approve FMP options for public hearings.
    On April 11, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., the Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will discuss the Wreckfish Assessment 
Report, the Mackerel Assessment Report and options for Amendment 8 to 
the Mackerel FMP. The SSC will review Golden Crab FMP options, Snapper-
Grouper Amendment 8 options, Snapper-Grouper controlled access options 
and Shrimp Amendment 1. The SSC will discuss ways of managing fisheries 
in the face of declining data and research. It also will hear 
presentations on a definition of overfishing and a report on social 
impact assessments.
    At 6:30 p.m., the Council will receive scoping comments on finfish 
bycatch in the shrimp fishery and on developing an FMP for the calico 
scallop fishery.
    On April 12, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon, the Mackerel 
Committee will meet jointly with the Mackerel Advisory Panel (AP) to 
review the mackerel stock assessment and total allowable catch, quotas 
and bag limits options. It will discuss options for the next mackerel 
amendment (Amendment 8), including several options for trip limits, 
boundary allocations between the South Atlantic and the Gulf groups of 
king mackerel, commercial transfers of Spanish mackerel, entry 
regulations, net lengths, cobia management ranges and trip limits, 
adding African pompano to the management unit of the plan, and 
allowable gear regulations. The AP also will review other modifications 
concerning how the Councils manage the coastal pelagics fisheries, 
including changes to the framework procedure.
    The Mackerel Committee will meet from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., to 
set total allowable catch limits, quotas and bag limits. It will also 
choose items for Amendment 8 to go to public hearings.
    The Shrimp Committee will meet from 3:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., for 
a briefing on the ad-hoc Rock Shrimp AP's progress in providing 
information and additional management options for consideration in 
Amendment 1. The Shrimp Committee will also discuss research efforts 
and options to address bycatch in the South Atlantic shrimp fishery.
    On April 13, the AP Selection Committee will conduct a closed 
meeting to consider new appointments and reappointments to the Habitat 
and Environmental Protection AP, the Mackerel AP, the Shark AP, the 
Snapper-Grouper AP, the Spiny Lobster AP, the Sea Scallop AP and the 
Wreckfish AP. The SSC Selection Committee will also conduct a closed 
meeting to review the current SSC membership and to consider new 
appointments.
    The full Council will convene on April 13, from 3:00 p.m. until 
6:00 p.m., and April 14, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon, to hear 
Committee reports and recommendations. The Council will approve golden 
crab options for public hearings, mackerel total allowable catch, quota 
and bag limits, and Mackerel Draft Amendment 8 for public hearings. It 
will also make appointments to the APs and the SSC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Coste, South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 
29407-4699; telephone: (803) 571-4366 or (803) 769-4520.

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 March 23, 1995.

    Dated: March 20, 1995.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-7396 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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