[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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