[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19585]


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[Federal Register: August 11, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 080494B]

 

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 August 22-26, 1994, at the 
Town and Country Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC; telephone: 
(803) 571-1000.
    Public scoping meetings will be held on August 22, from 1:30 p.m. 
until 3:30 p.m., to solicit comments on controlled access options for 
Atlantic Spanish mackerel and on Amendment 8 to the Coastal Migratory 
Pelagics (Mackerels) Plan. Some measures included in Amendment 8 are:
    (a) Commercial trip limits for Atlantic king mackerel;
    (b) Federal dealer permits for coastal pelagics;
    (c) A fixed boundary between Gulf and South Atlantic stocks of king 
mackerel; and
    (d) Alternative requirements for obtaining a coastal pelagics 
permit; etc.
    The Bluefish Committee will meet from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. to 
review an updated stock assessment and to discuss recommendations of 
the 1994 Fishery Management Plan Monitoring Committee and 
implementation of state commercial quotas and recreational limits.
    On August 23, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon, the Spiny Lobster 
Committee will review public scoping meeting comments to determine 
additional management necessary for the spiny lobster fishery.
    From 1:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., a joint Law Enforcement Committee 
and Advisory Panel meeting will be held to discuss various issues 
involving the spiny lobster, snapper-grouper and shrimp fisheries.
    On August 24, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon, the Snapper-Grouper 
Committee will meet jointly with the Wreckfish Advisory Panel to review 
the status of the wreckfish fishery and management program.
    At 1:30 p.m., a public scoping meeting will be held to solicit 
comments on various issues relating to the snapper-grouper fishery such 
as:
    (a) Prohibiting sale of bag-limit caught greater amberjack;
    (b) Multi-day bag limits; and
    (c) Prohibiting possession of fish traps in South Atlantic Federal 
waters.
    An additional scoping meeting will be held at the October Council 
meeting. Immediately following the scoping meeting, the Snapper-Grouper 
Committee will review and tentatively approve, as Snapper-Grouper 
Regulatory Amendment 6, a gray triggerfish size limit and bag limits 
for hogfish and cubera snapper effective in Federal waters off Florida 
only.
    The full Council will meet on August 25, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 
p.m., and will reconvene on August 26, at 8:30 a.m. The Council is 
scheduled to request an extension of the live rock emergency rule and 
to approve Snapper-Grouper Regulatory Amendment 6.
    A detailed agenda for the meeting will be available August 8.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Knight, Public Information 
Officer, 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
    Carrie Knight at the above address by August 15, 1994.

    Dated: August 5, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
    National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-19585 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am]
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