[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41880-41881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19959]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 073195C]


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) will 
hold public meetings of its Golden Crab, Controlled Access and Snapper 
Grouper Committees and its Golden Crab Advisory Panel (GCAP); and a 
Council session. Also, a joint meeting of the South Atlantic and Gulf 
of Mexico Councils' mackerel committees will be held.

DATES: The meetings will be held from August 21 to August 25, 1995, See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (803) 571-1000.

    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert K. Mahood (Council staff); 
telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting dates are as follows:

    August 21, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Golden Crab AP meeting;
    August 21, 1995, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint meeting of the GCAP 
and the Golden Crab Committee;
    August 22, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.--Golden Crab Committee;
    August 22, 1995, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Controlled Access 
Committee;
    August 22, 1995, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint South Atlantic and 
Gulf Mackerel Committees;
    August 23, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint South Atlantic and 
Gulf Mackerel Committees;
    August 23, 1995, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee;
    August 24, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Snapper Grouper 
Committee;
    August 24, 1995, 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.-- Council session;
    August 25, 1995, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.-- Council session;
    The GCAP will meet to develop recommendations on the fishery 
management plan (FMP) for golden crab. The GCAP then will meet jointly 
with the Golden Crab Committee to review public hearing and NMFS 
informal review comments. At that time, the GCAP will make its 
recommendations as to management measures that should be included in 
the FMP and discuss the rationale for its recommendations with the 
committee members. The Golden Crab Committee will meet to develop its 
final recommendations for Council action. Management options being 
considered for the Golden Crab FMP can be obtained by contacting the 
Council office directly (see ADDRESSES).
    The Controlled Access Committee will review options being 
considered for Amendment 9 to the Snapper Grouper FMP. These options 
address limiting entry in the deep water fishery for snowy grouper and 
tile fish and possibly other segments of the snapper grouper fishery. 
The committee will recommend to the Council which options to take to 
public hearing.
    The joint South Atlantic and Gulf Mackerel Committees will discuss 
a range of options to be included in Amendment 8 to the Coastal 
migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) FMP. They will recommend to both Councils 
options to take to public hearing. Amendments to this FMP must be 
approved by both Councils.
    The Snapper Grouper Committee will receive a report on a reef fish 
economic survey and the 1994-95 wreckfish fishery. It will review 
management options for Amendment 8 to the FMP and recommend to the 
Council which options to take to public hearing.
    The full Council will convene and receive reports from the Golden 
Crab, Shrimp Controlled Access, Snapper Grouper and Mackerel 
Committees. The Council will take final action on the Golden Crab FMP 
for formal submission to the Secretary of Commerce. The Council will 
also select the options to take to public hearing for Shrimp FMP 
Amendment 2, Snapper Grouper FMP Amendments 8 and 9, and Coastal 
Migratory Pelagics (Mackerel) FMP Amendment 9. The Council will hear a 

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report from its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel and 
additional reports on the status of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act amendments and reauthorization, the Council 
Chairmen's meeting and state and agency liaison activities.

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 August 14, 1995.

    Dated: August 7, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-19959 Filed 8-11-95; 8:45 am]
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