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[FR Doc No: 94-23372]


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[Federal Register: September 22, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 638, 640, 642, and 659

[I.D. 091394A]

 

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, Public 
Hearings, and Public Scoping Meetings; Addendum

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

ACTION: Public meeting, public hearings, and public scoping meeting; 
request for comments; addendum.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), will 
conduct a public hearing on proposed Amendment 4 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and 
South Atlantic (Spiny Lobster FMP) in Charleston, SC. The Council will 
conduct a public hearing on coral-related issues on Wednesday, 
September 21, 1994, in Cocoa Beach, FL.

DATES: A hearing on coral-related issues will be held on Wednesday, 
September 21, 1994 (in conjunction with the previously published 
hearing notice on developing regulations for the rock shrimp fishery). 
A hearing on issues contained in proposed Amendment 4 to the Spiny 
Lobster FMP is scheduled for Thursday, October 6, 1994. Both hearings 
will begin at 7 p.m. Written comments on proposed Amendment 4 must be 
received by October 11, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The hearing on coral-related issues scheduled for September 
21, 1994, will be held at the Holiday Inn, 1300 N. Atlantic Avenue, 
Cocoa Beach, FL. The hearing on proposed Amendment 4 scheduled for 
October 6, 1994, will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC. All other locations for hearings are 
contained in the notice published on September 8, 1994. Comments on 
proposed Amendment 4 should be sent to Robert K. Mahood, Executive 
Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One Southpark 
Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699 (FAX: 803-769-4520).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Knight, Public Information 
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 803-571-4366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of a public meeting, public 
hearings, and public scoping meeting to solicit comments on coral-
related issues, developing regulations for the rock shrimp fishery, and 
a scoping meeting on controlled access options for Atlantic group 
Spanish mackerel and proposed Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and 
South Atlantic was published in the Federal Register on September 8, 
1994 (59 FR 46387). This notice serves as an addendum to that September 
8 notice.
    The Council is considering the following options for proposed 
Amendment 4 to the Spiny Lobster FMP: (1) A year-round bag limit of two 
lobsters for all fishermen north of the Florida/Georgia, border and (2) 
an exemption for spiny lobsters caught on hook-and-line headboats from 
North Carolina through the Atlantic side of the Florida Keys. Proposed 
Amendment 4 will also be discussed at the previously published hearings 
scheduled for September 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23, 1994.

    Dated: September 16, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-23372 Filed 9-19-94; 3:29 pm]
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