[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 188 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 50185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-24105]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 091995D]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a public meeting with its Council members via conference call.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 6, 1995, at 1:00 p.m. 
eastern standard time.

ADDRESSES: The listening phone locations will be as follows:
    1. St. Petersburg, FL--NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 9721 
Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702; telephone: 
(813) 570-4301.
    2. Charleston, SC--South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699; telephone: 
(803) 571-4366.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 
golden crab emergency action requested by the Council at its August 
meeting. The emergency action, if implemented by the Secretary of 
Commerce, would divide the golden crab fishery into three zones, 
provide criteria for access, and require vessel permits and 100 percent 
logbook reporting.
    The proposed zones in the emergency action are as follows:
    Northern Zone--North Carolina/Virginia border to the Volusia/
Flagler line (29 deg.25' N. lat.)
    Middle Zone--29 deg.25' N. lat. to 25 deg. N. lat.
    Southern Zone--South of 25 deg. N. lat. to the South Atlantic/Gulf 
of Mexico Fishery Management Council border.
    Criteria for access into the fishery would be documented landings 
by April 7, 1995, for access into the middle and southern zones and 
documented landings by September 1, 1995, for access into the northern 
zone. Documented landings must come from the Council's area of 
jurisdiction.
    The Council also will discuss withdrawing the emergency action 
request and proceeding expediently with the fishery management plan.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Susan Buchanan at the Council 
office (see ADDRESSES) by October 2, 1995.

    Dated: September 22, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-24105 Filed 9-27-95; 8:45 am]
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