[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 183 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23399]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 638

[I.D. 091295A]


Coral and Coral Reefs off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 
3

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of an amendment to a fishery management 
plan; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs off the Southern Atlantic States (FMP) 
for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Written comments are 
requested from the public.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 17, 
1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to the Southeast Regional Office, 
NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702.
    Requests for copies of Amendment 3, which includes a regulatory 
impact review, a social impact assessment, and an environmental 
assessment, should be sent to the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699, 
telephone: 803-571-4366; FAX: 803-769-4520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Georgia Cranmore, 813-570-5305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson Act) requires that a council-prepared 
amendment to a FMP be submitted to NMFS for review and approval, 
disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson Act also requires 
that NMFS, upon receiving an amendment, immediately publish a document 
in the Federal Register stating that the amendment is available for 
public review and comment.
    Amendment 3 proposes the following measures: Establish a live rock 
aquaculture permit system applicable to the exclusive economic zone off 
the southern Atlantic states (including a prohibition on chipping of 
aquacultured live rock); prohibit octocoral harvest north of Cape 
Canaveral, FL; and prohibit anchoring of fishing vessels in the Oculina 
Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern.
    Proposed regulations to implement Amendment 3 are scheduled for 
publication within 15 days.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: September 15, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-23399 Filed 9-18-95; 12:52 pm]
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